| CEPHALORIDINE | • cephaloridine n. A particular cephalosporin antibiotic. • CEPHALORIDINE n. a semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from cephalosporin. |
| DIAPHANEITIES | • diaphaneities n. Plural of diaphaneity. • DIAPHANEITY n. the quality of transmitting light. |
| DIEFFENBACHIA | • dieffenbachia n. Any of several plants, of the genus Dieffenbachia, cultivated as houseplants. • Dieffenbachia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – the mother-in-law’s tongue, dumb cane and similar plants. • DIEFFENBACHIA n. any plant of the tropical American araceous genus Dieffenbachia, including the dumbcane. |
| DIETHYLAMINES | • diethylamines n. Plural of diethylamine. • DIETHYLAMINE n. a liquid resembling ethylamine, derived from ammonia, with ethyl groups replacing two hydrogen atoms. |
| DILETTANTEISH | • dilettanteish adj. Alternative form of dilettantish. • DILETTANTEISH adj. somewhat like a dilettante, also DILETTANTISH. |
| DIMETHYLAMINE | • dimethylamine n. (Organic chemistry) The secondary amine (CH3)2NH, which has a number of industrial uses. • DIMETHYLAMINE n. a gas derived from ammonia with two methyl groups replacing two hydrogen atoms. |
| DIPHENYLAMINE | • diphenylamine n. (Chemistry) an aromatic amine, (C6H5)2NH, used in the manufacture of plastics, dyes, explosives, pesticides… • DIPHENYLAMINE n. a crystalline compound used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes and as an indicator. |
| DISHEARTENING | • disheartening adj. Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy. • disheartening v. Present participle of dishearten. • DISHEARTEN v. to cause to lose spirit or morale. |
| GUANETHIDINES | • guanethidines n. Plural of guanethidine. • GUANETHIDINE n. a drug used in the treatment of hypertension. |
| HAEMOSIDERINS | • haemosiderins n. Plural of haemosiderin. • HAEMOSIDERIN n. a pigment that is formed in some phagocytic cells by the breakdown of hemoglobin and is probably essentially a denatured form of ferritin, also HEMOSIDERIN. |
| HEREDITARIANS | • hereditarians n. Plural of hereditarian. • HEREDITARIAN n. an adherent of hereditarianism, the view that heredity is the major factor in determining human and animal behaviour, also HEREDITIST. |
| HEXACTINELLID | • hexactinellid n. Any of the many sponges of class Hexactinellida, which have hexactine spicules; a glass sponge. • HEXACTINELLID n. a kind of six-rayed sponge. |
| MAIDISHNESSES | • MAIDISHNESS n. the state of being maidish. |
| TECHNICALISED | • TECHNICALISE v. to give a technical slant to, also TECHNICALIZE. |
| TECHNICALIZED | • technicalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of technicalize. • TECHNICALIZE v. to give a technical slant to, also TECHNICALISE. |
| TRIMETHADIONE | • trimethadione n. (Pharmacology) An anticonvulsant drug used to control epilepsy. • TRIMETHADIONE n. a crystalline compound with a bitter taste and camphor-like odour, used in the treatment of epilepsy. |