8-letter words starting with DIS
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter DIS. This section showcases how DIS at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with DIS, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| distance | 11 | go far ahead of | He outdistanced the other runners |
| disaster | 9 | a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | his policies were a disaster |
| district | 11 | regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | - |
| discover | 14 | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | - |
| discount | 11 | an amount or percentage deducted | - |
| disgrace | 12 | a state of dishonor | - |
| disorder | 10 | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning | the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder |
| disguise | 10 | the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | he is a master of disguise |
| disagree | 10 | be of different opinions | She disagrees with her husband on many questions |
| distract | 11 | draw someone's attention away from something | The thief distracted the bystanders |
| distress | 9 | psychological suffering | the death of his wife caused him great distress |
| disabled | 12 | having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness | - |
| dispatch | 16 | kill intentionally and with premeditation | - |
| discreet | 11 | heedful of potential consequences | a discreet investor |
| disposal | 11 | a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | - |
| disciple | 13 | someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | - |
| distinct | 11 | constituting a separate entity or part | on two distinct occasions |
| dissolve | 12 | become weaker | - |
| disperse | 11 | move away from each other | The crowds dispersed |
| disclose | 11 | reveal to view as by removing a cover | The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set |
| disposed | 12 | (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward | - |
| dishonor | 12 | a state of shame or disgrace | he was resigned to a life of dishonor |
| disloyal | 12 | showing lack of love for your country | - |
| distrust | 9 | the trait of not trusting others | - |
| diseased | 10 | caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology | diseased tonsils |
| dismount | 11 | alight from (a horse) | - |
| dispense | 11 | give or apply (medications) | - |
| disliked | 14 | regarded with aversion | he was intensely disliked |
| disarray | 12 | bring disorder to | - |
| dissuade | 10 | turn away from by persuasion | Negative campaigning will only dissuade people |
| discrete | 11 | constituting a separate entity or part | a government with three discrete divisions |
| disprove | 14 | prove to be false | The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories |
| disputed | 12 | subject to disagreement and debate | - |
| dislodge | 11 | remove or force out from a position | The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums |
| dismayed | 15 | struck with fear, dread, or consternation | - |
| displace | 13 | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | - |
| distaste | 9 | a feeling of intense dislike | - |
| diskette | 13 | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer | - |
| disquiet | 18 | a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | - |
| disclaim | 13 | make a disclaimer about | He disclaimed any responsibility |
| disrobed | 12 | - | - |
| disunity | 12 | lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) | - |
| disabuse | 11 | free somebody (from an erroneous belief) | - |
| disallow | 12 | command against | - |
| disburse | 11 | expend, as from a fund | - |
| dishware | 15 | tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | - |
| disjoint | 16 | separate at the joints | disjoint the chicken before cooking it |
| disfavor | 15 | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | - |
| disabler | 11 | - | - |
| disables | 11 | - | - |
| disadorn | 10 | - | - |
| disannex | 16 | - | - |
| disannul | 9 | - | - |
| disapply | 16 | - | - |
| disarmed | 12 | - | - |
| disarmer | 11 | someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | - |
| disavows | 15 | - | - |
| disbands | 12 | - | - |
| disbarks | 15 | - | - |
| disbench | 16 | - | - |
| disbosom | 13 | - | - |
| disbound | 12 | - | - |
| disbowel | 14 | - | - |
| discaged | 13 | - | - |
| discages | 12 | - | - |
| discandy | 15 | - | - |
| discants | 11 | - | - |
| discards | 12 | - | - |
| discased | 12 | - | - |
| discases | 11 | - | - |
| discepts | 13 | - | - |
| discerns | 11 | - | - |
| discerps | 13 | - | - |
| discided | 13 | - | - |
| discides | 12 | - | - |
| discinct | 13 | - | - |
| discless | 11 | - | - |
| disclike | 15 | having a flat circular shape | - |
| disclost | 11 | - | - |
| discoers | 11 | - | - |
| discoids | 12 | - | - |
| discoing | 12 | - | - |
| discolor | 11 | change color, often in an undesired manner | The shirts discolored |
| discords | 12 | - | - |
| discoure | 11 | - | - |
| discrown | 14 | - | - |
| discured | 12 | - | - |
| discures | 11 | - | - |
| discuses | 11 | - | - |
| disdains | 10 | - | - |
| diseases | 9 | - | - |
| disedged | 12 | - | - |
| disedges | 11 | - | - |
| disendow | 13 | - | - |
| disenrol | 9 | - | - |
| diseuses | 9 | - | - |
| disfamed | 15 | - | - |
| disfames | 14 | - | - |
| disflesh | 15 | - | - |
| disforms | 14 | - | - |
| disfrock | 18 | - | - |
| disgavel | 13 | - | - |
| disgests | 10 | - | - |
| disgorge | 11 | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over | - |
| disgowns | 13 | - | - |
| disgrade | 11 | - | - |
| disgusts | 10 | - | - |
| dishabit | 14 | - | - |
| dishable | 14 | - | - |
| dishdash | 16 | - | - |
| dishelms | 14 | - | - |
| disherit | 12 | - | - |
| dishevel | 15 | disarrange or rumple; dishevel | - |
| dishfuls | 15 | - | - |
| dishiest | 12 | - | - |
| dishings | 13 | - | - |
| dishlike | 16 | - | - |
| dishmops | 16 | - | - |
| dishoard | 13 | - | - |
| dishomed | 15 | - | - |
| dishomes | 14 | - | - |
| dishorns | 12 | - | - |
| dishorse | 12 | - | - |
| dishouse | 12 | - | - |
| dishpans | 14 | - | - |
| dishrags | 13 | - | - |
| disinter | 9 | dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | - |
| disinure | 9 | - | - |
| disjects | 18 | - | - |
| disjoins | 16 | - | - |
| disjunct | 18 | marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements | little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara |
| disjuned | 17 | - | - |
| disjunes | 16 | - | - |
| diskless | 13 | - | - |
| disklike | 17 | having a flat circular shape | - |
| disleafs | 12 | - | - |
| disleave | 12 | - | - |
| disliken | 13 | - | - |
| disliker | 13 | - | - |
| dislikes | 13 | - | - |
| dislimbs | 13 | - | - |
| dislimns | 11 | - | - |
| dislinks | 13 | - | - |
| disloads | 10 | - | - |
| disloign | 10 | - | - |
| dismaler | 11 | - | - |
| dismally | 14 | in a cheerless manner | in August 1914, there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future |
| dismasks | 15 | - | - |
| dismasts | 11 | - | - |
| dismayls | 14 | - | - |
| dismoded | 13 | - | - |
| disnests | 9 | - | - |
| disobeys | 14 | - | - |
| disodium | 12 | - | - |
| disomies | 11 | - | - |
| disorbed | 12 | - | - |
| disowned | 13 | - | - |
| disowner | 12 | - | - |
| dispaced | 14 | - | - |
| dispaces | 13 | - | - |
| disparks | 15 | - | - |
| disparts | 11 | - | - |
| dispathy | 17 | - | - |
| dispeace | 13 | - | - |
| dispence | 13 | - | - |
| dispends | 12 | - | - |
| dispirit | 11 | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | - |
| displant | 11 | - | - |
| displays | 14 | - | - |
| displing | 12 | - | - |
| displode | 12 | - | - |
| displume | 13 | strip of feathers | - |
| disponed | 12 | - | - |
| disponee | 11 | - | - |
| disponer | 11 | - | - |
| dispones | 11 | - | - |
| disponge | 12 | - | - |
| disports | 11 | - | - |
| disposer | 11 | - | - |
| disposes | 11 | - | - |
| disposts | 11 | - | - |
| dispread | 12 | spread abroad or out | The sun dispread its beams |
| dispreds | 12 | - | - |
| disprize | 20 | - | - |
| disproof | 14 | the act of determining that something is false | - |
| dispunge | 12 | - | - |
| dispurse | 11 | - | - |
| disputer | 11 | - | - |
| disputes | 11 | - | - |
| disranks | 13 | - | - |
| disrated | 10 | - | - |
| disrates | 9 | - | - |
| disrober | 11 | - | - |
| disrobes | 11 | - | - |
| disroots | 9 | - | - |
| disrupts | 11 | - | - |
| dissaved | 13 | - | - |
| dissaver | 12 | - | - |
| dissaves | 12 | - | - |
| disseats | 9 | - | - |
| dissects | 11 | - | - |
| disseise | 9 | - | - |
| disseize | 18 | - | - |
| dissents | 9 | - | - |
| disserts | 9 | - | - |
| disserve | 12 | - | - |
| dissever | 12 | separate into parts or portions | - |
| dissight | 13 | - | - |
| distaffs | 15 | - | - |
| distains | 9 | - | - |
| distally | 12 | far from the center | the bronchus is situated distally |
| distaves | 12 | - | - |
| distends | 10 | - | - |
| distents | 9 | - | - |
| disthene | 12 | - | - |
| distichs | 14 | - | - |
| distills | 9 | - | - |
| distomes | 11 | - | - |
| distorts | 9 | - | - |
| distrail | 9 | - | - |
| distrain | 9 | confiscate by distress | - |
| distrait | 9 | having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety | - |
| distuned | 10 | - | - |
| distunes | 9 | - | - |
| disturbs | 11 | - | - |
| distyles | 12 | - | - |
| disulfid | 13 | - | - |
| disunion | 9 | the termination or destruction of union | - |
| disunite | 9 | part; cease or break association with | - |
| disusage | 10 | - | - |
| disusing | 10 | - | - |
| disvalue | 12 | - | - |
| disvouch | 17 | - | - |
| disyoked | 17 | - | - |
| disyokes | 16 | - | - |
