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disseminate

(verb) cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

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dissent

(noun) the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

(noun) a difference of opinion

(noun) (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion"

(verb) withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented"

(verb) be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"

(verb) express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"

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dissipation

(noun) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

(noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

(noun) breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist"

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dissolution

(noun) the termination of a relationship

(noun) the termination of a meeting

(noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

(noun) separation into component parts

(noun) the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water"

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distend

(verb) swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"

(verb) cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body"

(verb) become wider; "His pupils were dilated"

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distinct

(adjective satellite) clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"

(adjective satellite) recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"

(adjective) easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"

(adjective satellite) (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the Euro

(adjective satellite) constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

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distorted

(adjective satellite) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"

(adjective satellite) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers"

(adjective satellite) strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders"

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distraught

(adjective satellite) deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"

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distress

(noun) the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"

(noun) psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

(noun) extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"

(noun) a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"

(verb) cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

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divergence

(noun) the act of moving away in different direction from a common point; "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines"

(noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"

(noun) an infinite series that has no limit

(noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"

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diverse

(adjective satellite) distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "diverse parts of the country"; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"

(adjective satellite) many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents"

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divestiture

(noun) the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division

(noun) an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior; "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly"

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divulge

(verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring

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doggerel

(noun) a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"

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dogmatic

(adjective satellite) characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles

(adjective) relating to or involving dogma; "dogmatic writings"

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dogmatism

(noun) the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot

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dolt

(noun) a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"

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dormant

(adjective satellite) not active but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"

(adjective) of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano"

(adjective satellite) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"

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dote

(verb) shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins"

(verb) be foolish or senile due to old age

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drone

(noun) stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

(noun) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

(noun) an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

(noun) an unchanging intonation

(noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

(verb) talk in a monotonous voice

(verb) make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"

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dross

(noun) worthless material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"

(noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

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drowsiness

(noun) a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents"

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dubious

(adjective satellite) fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"

(adjective satellite) not convinced; "they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"

(adjective satellite) open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen

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dud

(noun) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

(noun) an explosion that fails to occur

(noun) someone who is unsuccessful

(adjective satellite) failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"

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dulcet

(adjective satellite) pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"

(adjective satellite) extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches"

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dupe

(noun) a person who is tricked or swindled

(verb) fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

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duplicity

(noun) acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

(noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

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duplicity

(noun) acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

(noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

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duress

(noun) compulsory force or threat; "confessed under duress"

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dwarf

(noun) a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

(noun) a person who is abnormally small

(verb) check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"

(verb) make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves that of last year"

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dynamo

(noun) generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature

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earthenware

(noun) ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat

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ebullience

(noun) overflowing with enthusiasm

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ebullient

(adjective satellite) joyously unrestrained

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eclectic

(noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method

(adjective satellite) selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

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ecumenical

(adjective satellite) of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"

(adjective satellite) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement"

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edacious

(adjective satellite) devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"

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eddy

(noun) a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

(noun) founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)

(verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids

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effete

(adjective satellite) marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

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efficacy

(noun) capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"

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effrontery

(noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

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egress

(noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

(noun) the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"

(noun) (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse

(verb) come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"

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elaborate

(verb) work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"

(verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"

(verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

(verb) produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"

(adjective satellite) developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"

(adjective satellite) marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

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elate

(verb) fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"

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elation

(noun) a feeling of joy and pride

(noun) an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression

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electorate

(noun) the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote

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elegy

(noun) a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

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elicit

(verb) derive by reason; "elicit a solution"

(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

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eloquence

(noun) powerful and effective language