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101dis|con|tin|u|ance — «DIHS kuhn TIHN yu uhns», noun. 1. the act of stopping or breaking off; cessation: »a discontinuance of electric service. Losses from the manufacture of low priced electric blankets…have led to the discontinuance of those products (Wall Street… …
102dis|cord|ance — «dihs KR duhns», noun. 1. a discord of sounds. SYNONYM(S): dissonance. 2. disagreement: »There was an ironical discordance between the inner history of the man and his apparent fortunes (Lytton Strachey). SYNONYM(S): conflict …
103dis|crep|ance — «dihs KREHP uhns», noun. = discrepancy. (Cf. ↑discrepancy) …
104dis|in|her|it|ance — «DIHS ihn HEHR uh tuhns», noun. 1. the act of disinheriting. 2. the state of being disinherited …
105dis|sev|er|ance — «dih SEHV uhr uhns», noun. the act or fact of dissevering; separation …
106dis|turb|ance — «dihs TUR buhns», noun. 1. the act of disturbing or fact of being disturbed. 2. a thing that disturbs. 3. confusion; disorder: »The police were called to quiet the disturbance at the street corner. SYNONYM(S): tumult. 4 …
107en Dieu est ma fi|ance — «ahn DYER eh ma fee ahnS», French. in God is my trust …
108en|dur|ance — «ehn DUR uhns, DYUR », noun. 1. the power to last and to withstand hard wear: »A runner must have great endurance to run 30 miles in a day. Cheap, shoddy cloth has little endurance. 2. the power to stand something without giving out; holding out; …
109e|qui|pon|der|ance — «EE kwuh PON duhr uhns», noun. equality of weight; equilibrium …
110es|per|ance — «EHS puhr uhns», noun. Obsolete. hope. ╂[< Old French esperance < esperer < Latin spērāre to hope < spēs, spēī hope] …