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Disthene
- - Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.
Distills
- verb - extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"
- give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
- undergo the process of distillation
Distinct
- adjective - (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 European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
- 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"
- constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"
- 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"
- recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
Distitle
- - To deprive of title or right.
Distorts
- verb -
- affect as in thought or feeling;
- alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- twist and press out of shape
Distract
- verb - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
Distrain
- verb - confiscate by distress
- legally take something in place of a debt payment
- levy a distress on
Distrait
- adjective - having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
Distress
- noun - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
- bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
- extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
- psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"