| CHONDRITIS | • chondritis n. (Pathology) inflammation of the cartilage. • CHONDRITIS n. an inflammation of cartilage. |
| DICHROITES | • dichroites n. Plural of dichroite. • DICHROITE n. a strongly dichroic mineral, iolite or cordierite. |
| DIOPHYSITE | • Diophysite n. Alternative form of Dyophysite. • DIOPHYSITE n. a believer in the existence of two natures in Christ, human and divine, also DIPHYSITE, DYOPHYSITE. |
| DIORTHOSIS | • diorthosis n. (Obsolete) The act of setting a fracture or dislocation. • diorthosis n. A critical revision of a text. • DIORTHOSIS n. a critical revision of a text; any correction or adjustment. |
| DIOTHELISM | • DIOTHELISM n. the doctrine that Christ on earth had two will, human and divine, also DITHELISM, DYOTHELISM. |
| DISHERITOR | • disheritor n. (Law) One who puts another person out of an inheritance. • DISHERITOR n. one who puts another out of his inheritance. |
| DISTICHOUS | • distichous adj. (Botany) Arranged in two rows on each side of an axis. • distichous adj. (Poetry) In the form of a distich. • DISTICHOUS adj. in or having two rows, also DISTICHAL. |
| DITHIONOUS | • DITHIONOUS adj. as in dithionous acid. |
| DROICHIEST | • DROICHY adj. (Gaelic) dwarfish. |
| EDITORSHIP | • editorship n. The position or job of being an editor. • EDITORSHIP n. the office or charge of an editor. |
| GOTHICISED | • Gothicised v. Simple past tense and past participle of Gothicise. • GOTHICISE v. to make Gothic, also GOTHICIZE. |
| HEDONISTIC | • hedonistic adj. Devoted to pleasure; epicurean. • HEDONISTIC adj. following the doctrines of hedonism, that avoidance of pain is the supreme good. |
| ICHTHYOIDS | • ichthyoids n. Plural of ichthyoid. • ICHTHYOID n. any fishlike creature. |
| ORCHIDISTS | • orchidists n. Plural of orchidist. • ORCHIDIST n. a fancier or grower of orchids. |
| PITHECOIDS | • PITHECOID n. an ape, esp. a higher or anthropoid ape. |
| STRUTHIOID | • STRUTHIOID n. a member of the ostrich family. |
| THEODICIES | • theodicies n. Plural of theodicy. • THEODICY n. a defence of God's goodness as against the existence of evil. |
| TYPHOIDINS | • typhoidins n. Plural of typhoidin. • TYPHOIDIN n. a culture of dead typhoid bacillus for injection into the skin as a test for typhoid fever. |