| 🔊 1 |
descent |
noun |
The act of moving or going downward.
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afkoms |
| 🔊 2 |
descry |
verb |
To discern.
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bespied |
| 🔊 3 |
desert |
verb |
To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
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woestyn |
| 🔊 4 |
desiccant |
noun |
Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
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droogmiddel |
| 🔊 5 |
designate |
verb |
To select or appoint, as by authority.
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aanwys |
| 🔊 6 |
desist |
verb |
To cease from action.
|
ophou |
| 🔊 7 |
desistance |
noun |
Cessation.
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desistance |
| 🔊 8 |
despair |
noun |
Utter hopelessness and despondency.
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wanhoop |
| 🔊 9 |
desperado |
noun |
One without regard for law or life.
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Desperado |
| 🔊 10 |
desperate |
adjective |
Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
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desperate |
| 🔊 11 |
despicable |
adjective |
Contemptible.
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veragtelike |
| 🔊 12 |
despite |
prep. |
In spite of.
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ten spyte van |
| 🔊 13 |
despond |
verb |
To lose spirit, courage, or hope.
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moedeloos |
| 🔊 14 |
despondent |
adjective |
Disheartened.
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moedeloos |
| 🔊 15 |
despot |
noun |
An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
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despoot |
| 🔊 16 |
despotism |
noun |
Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
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despotisme |
| 🔊 17 |
destitute |
adjective |
Poverty-stricken.
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haweloos |
| 🔊 18 |
desultory |
adjective |
Not connected with what precedes.
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oppervlakkig |
| 🔊 19 |
deter |
verb |
To frighten away.
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afskrik |
| 🔊 20 |
deteriorate |
verb |
To grow worse.
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versleg |
| 🔊 21 |
determinate |
adjective |
Definitely limited or fixed.
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bepaalde |
| 🔊 22 |
determination |
noun |
The act of deciding.
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bepaling |
| 🔊 23 |
deterrent |
adjective |
Hindering from action through fear.
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afskrikmiddel |
| 🔊 24 |
detest |
verb |
To dislike or hate with intensity.
|
hekel |
| 🔊 25 |
detract |
verb |
To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.
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afbreuk |
| 🔊 26 |
detriment |
noun |
Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.
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nadeel |
| 🔇 |
detrude |
verb |
To push down forcibly.
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detrude |
| 🔊 28 |
deviate |
verb |
To take a different course.
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afwyk |
| 🔊 29 |
devilry |
noun |
Malicious mischief.
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roek loze moed |
| 🔊 30 |
devious |
adjective |
Out of the common or regular track.
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onderduims |
| 🔊 31 |
devise |
verb |
To invent.
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bedink |
| 🔊 32 |
devout |
adjective |
Religious.
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toegewyde |
| 🔊 33 |
dexterity |
noun |
Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
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behendigheid |
| 🔊 34 |
diabolic |
adjective |
Characteristic of the devil.
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diaboliese |
| 🔊 35 |
diacritical |
adjective |
Marking a difference.
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diakritiese |
| 🔊 36 |
diagnose |
verb |
To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
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diagnoseer |
| 🔊 37 |
diagnosis |
noun |
Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.
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diagnose |
| 🔊 38 |
dialect |
noun |
Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
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dialek |
| 🔊 39 |
dialogue |
noun |
A formal conversation in which two or more take part.
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dialoog |
| 🔊 40 |
diaphanous |
adjective |
Transparent.
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doorzichtig |
| 🔊 41 |
diatomic |
adjective |
Containing only two atoms.
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diatomiese |
| 🔊 42 |
diatribe |
noun |
A bitter or malicious criticism.
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diatribe |
| 🔊 43 |
dictum |
noun |
A positive utterance.
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dictum |
| 🔊 44 |
didactic |
adjective |
Pertaining to teaching.
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didaktiese |
| 🔊 45 |
difference |
noun |
Dissimilarity in any respect.
|
verskil |
| 🔊 46 |
differentia |
noun |
Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species.
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die onderskei |
| 🔊 47 |
differential |
adjective |
Distinctive.
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differensiële |
| 🔊 48 |
differentiate |
verb |
To acquire a distinct and separate character.
|
onderskei |
| 🔊 49 |
diffidence |
noun |
Self-distrust.
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bedeesd |
| 🔊 50 |
diffident |
adjective |
Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
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bedeesd |
| 🔊 51 |
diffusible |
adjective |
Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.
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diffusible |
| 🔊 52 |
diffusion |
noun |
Dispersion.
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diffusie |
| 🔊 53 |
dignitary |
noun |
One who holds high rank.
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hooggeplaaste |
| 🔊 54 |
digress |
verb |
To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.
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afdwaal |
| 🔇 |
dilapidated |
pa. |
Fallen into decay or partial ruin.
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vervalle |
| 🔊 56 |
dilate |
verb |
To enlarge in all directions.
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verwyd |
| 🔊 57 |
dilatory |
adjective |
Tending to cause delay.
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traagheid |
| 🔊 58 |
dilemma |
noun |
A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.
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dilemma |
| 🔊 59 |
diligence |
noun |
Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
|
ywer |
| 🔊 60 |
dilute |
verb |
To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something.
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verdun |
| 🔊 61 |
diminution |
noun |
Reduction.
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vermindering |
| 🔊 62 |
dimly |
adverb |
Obscurely.
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dof |
| 🔊 63 |
diphthong |
noun |
The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
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diftong |
| 🔊 64 |
diplomacy |
noun |
Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.
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diplomasie |
| 🔊 65 |
diplomat |
noun |
A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.
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diplomaat |
| 🔊 66 |
diplomatic |
adjective |
Characterized by special tact in negotiations.
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diplomatieke |
| 🔊 67 |
disagree |
verb |
To be opposite in opinion.
|
verskil |
| 🔊 68 |
disallow |
verb |
To withhold permission or sanction.
|
weier |
| 🔊 69 |
disappear |
verb |
To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being.
|
verdwyn |
| 🔊 70 |
disappoint |
verb |
To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.
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teleurstel |
| 🔊 71 |
disapprove |
verb |
To regard with blame.
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afkeur |
| 🔊 72 |
disarm |
verb |
To deprive of weapons.
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ontwapen |
| 🔊 73 |
disarrange |
verb |
To throw out of order.
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war bring |
| 🔊 74 |
disavow |
verb |
To disclaim responsibility for.
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loochenen |
| 🔊 75 |
disavowal |
noun |
Denial.
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loochening |
| 🔊 76 |
disbeliever |
noun |
One who refuses to believe.
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ongelowige |
| 🔊 77 |
disburden |
verb |
To disencumber.
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ontlasten |
| 🔊 78 |
disburse |
verb |
To pay out or expend, as money from a fund.
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uitbetaal |
| 🔊 79 |
discard |
verb |
To reject.
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weggooi |
| 🔊 80 |
discernible |
adjective |
Perceivable.
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waarneembaar |
| 🔊 81 |
disciple |
noun |
One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.
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dissipel |
| 🔊 82 |
disciplinary |
adjective |
Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority.
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dissiplinêre |
| 🔊 83 |
discipline |
verb |
To train to obedience.
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dissipline |
| 🔊 84 |
disclaim |
verb |
To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to.
|
ontken |
| 🔊 85 |
discolor |
verb |
To stain.
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discolor |
| 🔊 86 |
discomfit |
verb |
To put to confusion.
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verwar |
| 🔊 87 |
discomfort |
noun |
The state of being positively uncomfortable.
|
ongemak |
| 🔊 88 |
disconnect |
verb |
To undo or dissolve the connection or association of.
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ontkoppel |
| 🔊 89 |
disconsolate |
adjective |
Grief-stricken.
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somber |
| 🔊 90 |
discontinuance |
noun |
Interruption or intermission.
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beëindiging |
| 🔊 91 |
discord |
noun |
Absence of harmoniousness.
|
onmin |
| 🔊 92 |
discover |
verb |
To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.
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ontdek |
| 🔊 93 |
discredit |
verb |
To injure the reputation of.
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diskrediteer |
| 🔊 94 |
discreet |
adjective |
Judicious.
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strategies |
| 🔊 95 |
discrepant |
adjective |
Opposite.
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diskrepante |
| 🔊 96 |
discriminate |
verb |
To draw a distinction.
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diskrimineer |
| 🔊 97 |
discursive |
adjective |
Passing from one subject to another.
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diskursiewe |
| 🔊 98 |
discussion |
noun |
Debate.
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bespreking |
| 🔊 99 |
disenfranchise |
verb |
To deprive of any right privilege or power
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burgerrechten ontneem |
| 🔊 100 |
disengage |
verb |
To become detached.
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ontkoppel |
| 🔊 101 |
disfavor |
noun |
Disregard.
|
ongenade |
| 🔊 102 |
disfigure |
verb |
To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of.
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ontsier |
| 🔊 103 |
dishabille |
noun |
Undress or negligent attire.
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huis jurk |
| 🔊 104 |
dishonest |
adjective |
Untrustworthy.
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oneerlik |
| 🔊 105 |
disillusion |
verb |
To disenchant.
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ontnugtering |
| 🔊 106 |
disinfect |
verb |
To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases.
|
ontsmet |
| 🔊 107 |
disinfectant |
noun |
A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases.
|
ontsmettingsmiddel |
| 🔊 108 |
disinherit |
verb |
To deprive of an inheritance.
|
uitroei |
| 🔊 109 |
disinterested |
adjective |
Impartial.
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onpartydige |
| 🔊 110 |
disjunctive |
adjective |
Helping or serving to disconnect or separate.
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Disjunkte |
| 🔊 111 |
dislocate |
verb |
To put out of proper place or order.
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ontwrichten |
| 🔊 112 |
dismissal |
noun |
Displacement by authority from an office or an employment.
|
ontslag |
| 🔊 113 |
dismount |
verb |
To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.
|
Afklim |
| 🔊 114 |
disobedience |
noun |
Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.
|
ongehoorsaamheid |
| 🔊 115 |
disobedient |
adjective |
Neglecting or refusing to obey.
|
ongehoorsame |
| 🔊 116 |
disown |
verb |
To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself.
|
verloën |
| 🔊 117 |
disparage |
verb |
To regard or speak of slightingly.
|
afkraak |
| 🔊 118 |
disparity |
noun |
Inequality.
|
verskil |
| 🔊 119 |
dispel |
verb |
To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.
|
wegneem |
| 🔊 120 |
dispensation |
noun |
That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.
|
bedeling |
| 🔊 121 |
displace |
verb |
To put out of the proper or accustomed place.
|
verplaas |
| 🔊 122 |
dispossess |
verb |
To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate.
|
verdrywe |
| 🔊 123 |
disputation |
noun |
Verbal controversy.
|
woordestryd |
| 🔊 124 |
disqualify |
verb |
To debar.
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diskwalifiseer |
| 🔊 125 |
disquiet |
verb |
To deprive of peace or tranquillity.
|
onrus |
| 🔊 126 |
disregard |
verb |
To take no notice of.
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verontagsaming |
| 🔊 127 |
disreputable |
adjective |
Dishonorable or disgraceful.
|
berug |
| 🔊 128 |
disrepute |
noun |
A bad name or character.
|
oneer |
| 🔊 129 |
disrobe |
verb |
To unclothe.
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ontkleden |
| 🔊 130 |
disrupt |
verb |
To burst or break asunder.
|
ontwrig |
| 🔊 131 |
dissatisfy |
verb |
To displease.
|
bevredigen |
| 🔊 132 |
dissect |
verb |
To cut apart or to pieces.
|
dissekteer |
| 🔊 133 |
dissection |
noun |
The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.
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disseksie |
| 🔊 134 |
dissemble |
verb |
To hide by pretending something different.
|
huigel |
| 🔊 135 |
disseminate |
verb |
To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
|
versprei |
| 🔊 136 |
dissension |
noun |
Angry or violent difference of opinion.
|
verdeeldheid |
| 🔊 137 |
dissent |
noun |
Disagreement.
|
verdeeldheid |
| 🔊 138 |
dissentient |
noun |
One who disagrees.
|
anders dink |
| 🔊 139 |
dissentious |
adjective |
Contentious.
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dissentious |
| 🔊 140 |
dissertation |
noun |
Thesis.
|
verhandeling |
| 🔊 141 |
disservice |
noun |
An ill turn.
|
slegte |
| 🔊 142 |
dissever |
verb |
To divide.
|
dissever |
| 🔊 143 |
dissimilar |
adjective |
Different.
|
uiteenlopende |
| 🔊 144 |
dissipate |
verb |
To disperse or disappear.
|
ontbind |
| 🔊 145 |
dissipation |
noun |
The state of being dispersed or scattered.
|
losbandigheid |
| 🔊 146 |
dissolute |
adjective |
Lewd.
|
losbandige |
| 🔊 147 |
dissolution |
noun |
A breaking up of a union of persons.
|
ontbinding |
| 🔊 148 |
dissolve |
verb |
To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture.
|
ontbind |
| 🔊 149 |
dissonance |
noun |
Discord.
|
onenigheid |
| 🔊 150 |
dissonant |
adjective |
Harsh or disagreeable in sound.
|
dissonante |
| 🔊 151 |
dissuade |
verb |
To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
|
weerhou |
| 🔊 152 |
dissuasion |
noun |
The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.
|
afschrikking |
| 🔊 153 |
distemper |
noun |
A disease or malady.
|
hondesiekte |
| 🔊 154 |
distend |
verb |
To stretch out or expand in every direction.
|
opzwellen |
| 🔊 155 |
distensible |
adjective |
Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.
|
rekbare |
| 🔊 156 |
distention |
noun |
Expansion.
|
uitsetting |
| 🔊 157 |
distill |
verb |
To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation.
|
distilleer |
| 🔊 158 |
distillation |
noun |
Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.
|
distillasie |
| 🔊 159 |
distiller |
noun |
One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
|
distilleerder |
| 🔊 160 |
distinction |
noun |
A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
|
onderskeid |
| 🔊 161 |
distort |
verb |
To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
|
verdraai |
| 🔊 162 |
distrain |
verb |
To subject a person to distress.
|
beslag |
| 🔊 163 |
distrainor |
noun |
One who subjects a person to distress.
|
distrainor |
| 🔊 164 |
distraught |
adjective |
Bewildered.
|
ontstelde |
| 🔊 165 |
distrust |
noun |
Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.
|
wantroue |
| 🔊 166 |
disunion |
noun |
Separation of relations or interests.
|
onenigheid |
| 🔊 167 |
diurnal |
adjective |
Daily.
|
daaglikse |
| 🔊 168 |
divagation |
noun |
Digression.
|
swakheid |
| 🔊 169 |
divergent |
adjective |
Tending in different directions.
|
uiteenlopende |
| 🔊 170 |
diverse |
adjective |
Capable of various forms.
|
diverse |
| 🔊 171 |
diversion |
noun |
Pastime.
|
afleiding |
| 🔊 172 |
diversity |
noun |
Dissimilitude.
|
diversiteit |
| 🔊 173 |
divert |
verb |
To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
|
af te lei |
| 🔇 |
divertible |
adjective |
Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
|
divertible |
| 🔊 175 |
divest |
verb |
To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
|
stoot |
| 🔊 176 |
divination |
noun |
The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.
|
waarsêery |
| 🔊 177 |
divinity |
noun |
The quality or character of being godlike.
|
goddelikheid |
| 🔊 178 |
divisible |
adjective |
Capable of being separated into parts.
|
deelbaar |
| 🔊 179 |
divisor |
noun |
That by which a number or quantity is divided.
|
deler |
| 🔊 180 |
divulge |
verb |
To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
|
openbaar |
| 🔊 181 |
divulgence |
noun |
A divulging.
|
bekendmaking |
| 🔊 182 |
docile |
adjective |
Easy to manage.
|
mak |
| 🔊 183 |
docket |
noun |
The registry of judgments of a court.
|
dossier |
| 🔊 184 |
doe |
noun |
The female of the deer.
|
doen |
| 🔊 185 |
dogma |
noun |
A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.
|
dogma |
| 🔊 186 |
dogmatic |
adjective |
Making statements without argument or evidence.
|
dogmatiese |
| 🔊 187 |
dogmatize |
verb |
To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence.
|
dogmatiseren |
| 🔊 188 |
doleful |
adjective |
Melancholy.
|
droewe |
| 🔊 189 |
dolesome |
adjective |
Melancholy.
|
dolesome |
| 🔊 190 |
dolor |
noun |
Lamentation.
|
dolor |
| 🔊 191 |
dolorous |
adjective |
Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.
|
droefgeestig |
| 🔊 192 |
domain |
noun |
A sphere or field of action or interest.
|
domein |
| 🔊 193 |
domesticity |
noun |
Life in or fondness for one's home and family.
|
huishouding |
| 🔊 194 |
domicile |
noun |
The place where one lives.
|
domisilie |
| 🔊 195 |
dominance |
noun |
Ascendancy.
|
oorheersing |
| 🔊 196 |
dominant |
adjective |
Conspicuously prominent.
|
dominante |
| 🔊 197 |
dominate |
verb |
To influence controllingly.
|
oorheers |
| 🔊 198 |
domination |
noun |
Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.
|
oorheersing |
| 🔊 199 |
domineer |
verb |
To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
|
overheersen |
| 🔊 200 |
donate |
verb |
To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.
|
skenk |