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  • English Word Dissymmetrical Definition Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.
  • English Word Dissymmetry Definition Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.
  • English Word Dissympathy Definition Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference.
  • English Word Distad Definition Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.
  • English Word Distaff Definition The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
  • English Word Distaff Definition Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.
  • English Word Distaffs Definition of Distaff
  • English Word Distain Definition To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.
  • English Word Distained Definition of Distain
  • English Word Distaining Definition of Distain
  • English Word Distal Definition Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle
  • English Word Distal Definition Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.
  • English Word Distally Definition Toward a distal part.
  • English Word Distance Definition The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.
  • English Word Distance Definition Remoteness of place; a remote place.
  • English Word Distance Definition A space marked out in the last part of a race course.
  • English Word Distance Definition Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.
  • English Word Distance Definition Space between two antagonists in fencing.
  • English Word Distance Definition The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.
  • English Word Distance Definition Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.
  • English Word Distance Definition Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.
  • English Word Distance Definition The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
  • English Word Distance Definition A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
  • English Word Distance Definition Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.
  • English Word Distance Definition The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.
  • English Word Distance Definition To place at a distance or remotely.
  • English Word Distance Definition To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.
  • English Word Distance Definition To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
  • English Word Distanced Definition of Distance
  • English Word Distancing Definition of Distance