| DIGITONIN | • digitonin n. (Organic chemistry) A glycoside, obtained from Digitalis purpurea, that is used as a detergent and whose… • DIGITONIN n. a steroid saponin occurring in the leaves and seeds of foxglove. |
| INDICTING | • indicting v. Present participle of indict. • INDICT v. to charge with a crime. |
| INDICTION | • indiction n. (Historical) A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from… • indiction n. A declaration or official announcement. • indiction n. (Historical) The decree made by Roman emperors which fixed the property tax for the next fifteen years. |
| INDIGNIFY | • indignify v. (Obsolete, transitive) To treat with disdain or indignity; to contemn. • INDIGNIFY v. (archaic) to treat insultingly. |
| INDIGNITY | • indignity n. Degradation, debasement or humiliation. • indignity n. An affront to one’s dignity or pride. • INDIGNITY n. disgrace, humiliation. |
| INDIGOTIN | • indigotin n. (Organic chemistry) A dark blue compound that is the principal dye in indigo. • INDIGOTIN n. the blue colouring matter of indigo, obtained by hydrolysis from indican. |
| INDINAVIR | • indinavir n. (Pharmacology) An antiretroviral drug C36H47N5O4 of the protease inhibitor class that is used in the… • INDINAVIR n. a drug used to treat AIDS. |
| INDIRUBIN | • indirubin n. (Organic chemistry) A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue; a component of Tyrian purple. • INDIRUBIN n. a red crystalline substance resembling indigotin but with oxidized indoxyl rather than indoxyl nuclei. |
| INWINDING | • inwinding v. Present participle of inwind. • INWIND v. to enwrap, also ENWIND. |
| NIDIFYING | • nidifying v. Present participle of nidify. • NIDIFY v. to nest. |
| NITRIDING | • nitriding n. A method of case hardening steel by the surface absorption of nitrogen by heating with ammonia. • NITRIDING n. conversion into a nitride. |
| QUINIDINE | • quinidine n. (Organic chemistry, pharmacology) A compound obtained from cinchona bark and used to treat irregularities… • QUINIDINE n. a cinchona alkaloid, which is an optically active isomer of quinine and is used to treat cardiac arrhythmia. |