Index of English words, starting with "di"

(1) - Dissect (v. t.) To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.
(2) - Dissect (v. t.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.

(1) - Dissected (a.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.
(2) - Dissected (a.) Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.
(3) - Dissected (imp. & p. p.) of Dissect

(1) - Dissection (n.) Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
(2) - Dissection (n.) Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
(3) - Dissection (n.) The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.

(1) - Dissector (n.) One who dissects; an anatomist.

(1) - Disseize (v. t.) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold.