disinfect
— Verb
– English
~ destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound"
disinfectant
— Adjective
– English
~ preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
disinfectant
— Noun
– English
~ an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
disinfection
— Noun
– English
~ treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms
disinfest
— Verb
– English
~ rid of vermin; "The exterminator disinfests the house"
disinfestation
— Noun
– English
~ the activity of getting rid of vermin
disinflation
— Noun
– English
~ a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments
disinformation
— Noun
– English
~ misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)
disingenuous
— Adjective
– English
~ not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"
disingenuously
— Adverb
– English
~ in a disingenuous manner; "disingenuously, he asked leading questions about his opponent's work"
disingenuousness
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
disinherit
— Verb
– English
~ prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
disinheritance
— Noun
– English
~ the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
disinherited
— Adjective
– English
~ deprived of your rightful heritage
disintegrable
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of melting
disintegrate
— Verb
– English
~ cause to undergo fission or lose particles
disintegrate
— Verb
– English
~ break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
disintegrate
— Verb
– English
~ lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
disintegration
— Noun
– English
~ separation into component parts
disintegration
— Noun
– English
~ total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"