English to English Dictionary

directive

An official instruction or order.

disaffiliation

The process or act of officially separating or severing a connection with a larger organization, group, or institution.

disassemble

To take something apart into its constituent pieces.

disciform

Having the shape or form of a disk.

disclosure

The action of making new or secret information known.

discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.

dismissal

The act of ordering or allowing someone to leave; official discharge from employment.

dispenser

A machine or container that is designed to release a specific amount of something.

disperse

To distribute or spread over a wide area.

dissemination

The act of spreading something, especially information, widely.

dissident

A person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state.

diverse

Showing a great deal of variety; very different.