disattune

(ˌdɪsəˈtjuːn)

vb (tr)

literary to cause (something) to be out of harmony

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More examples: WHITE and HOUSE can both be spelled out from OUTWEIGHS (see how the G doesn't appear in either WHITE or HOUSE); UNITED and STATES can both be spelled out from DISATTUNES; and PRESIDENTIAL and ELECTION can both be spelled from PERIDENTOCLASIA.

Exceptions are: DISATTUNES, IMPERTRANSIBLE, LAWRIGHTMAN, ORGANOLEAD, PERIDENTOCLASIA, TWINEMAKER, UNWITHDRAWABLE, and VIOLET-SHROUDED--all in Webster's Second Edition; and STICKHANDLER--in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition)

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