Index of English words, starting with "di"

(1) - Dilaceration (n.) The act of rending asunder.

(1) - Dilapidate (v. i.) To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate.
(2) - Dilapidate (v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
(3) - Dilapidate (v. t.) To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building.

(1) - Dilapidated (a.) Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect.
(2) - Dilapidated (imp. & p. p.) of Dilapidate

(1) - Dilapidation (n.) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay.
(2) - Dilapidation (n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.
(3) - Dilapidation (n.) The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

(1) - Dilapidator (n.) One who causes dilapidation.