| ANHYDRITES | • anhydrites n. Plural of anhydrite. • ANHYDRITE n. an anhydrous sulphate of lime, differing from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name). |
| DITHYRAMBS | • dithyrambs n. Plural of dithyramb. • DITHYRAMB n. a hymn or poem to honor Bacchus. |
| DYSARTHRIA | • dysarthria n. (Neurology, neuropsychology) Difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the form or function… • DYSARTHRIA n. the impaired ability to articulate speech due to damage to the nervous system. |
| DYSTROPHIA | • dystrophia n. Dystrophy. • DYSTROPHIA n. impaired or imperfect nutrition; any of several disorders in which there is wasting of muscle tissue, also DYSTROPHY. |
| DYSTROPHIC | • dystrophic adj. Affected with dystrophy. • dystrophic adj. (Of a spring, lake &c) Having brownish acidic waters due to humus. • DYSTROPHIC adj. relating to dystrophia. |
| DYSTROPHIN | • dystrophin n. (Biochemistry) A cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy. • DYSTROPHIN n. a protein essential to normal muscle function, found to be lacking in muscular dystrophy sufferers. |
| ENHYDRITES | • enhydrites n. Plural of enhydrite. • ENHYDRITE n. a mineral with fluid inclusions. |
| EUTHYROIDS | • euthyroids n. Plural of euthyroid. • EUTHYROID n. someone with normal thyroid function. |
| HYBRIDISTS | • hybridists n. Plural of hybridist. • HYBRIDIST n. a practitioner of hybridism. |
| HYDRASTINE | • hydrastine n. (Organic chemistry) A natural alkaloid present in goldenseal. • HYDRASTINE n. a white poisonous alkaloid extracted from the roots of the goldenseal, which has been used in medicine to contract the uterus and arrest haemorrhage. |
| HYDRATIONS | • hydrations n. Plural of hydration. • HYDRATION n. the act of combining with water. |
| HYDROTAXIS | • hydrotaxis n. (Biology) movement (of an organism or organ) in response to water. • HYDROTAXIS n. movement towards or away from water. |
| RHYTHMISED | • rhythmised v. Simple past tense and past participle of rhythmise. • RHYTHMISE v. to subject to rhythm, also RHYTHMIZE. |
| RHYTIDOMES | • rhytidomes n. Plural of rhytidome. • RHYTIDOME n. the bark external to the last formed periderm. |
| SWITCHYARD | • switchyard n. Part of a railway with an arrangement of switches (or points) allowing trains to be diverted and reassembled. • SWITCHYARD n. an enclosed area for the switching facilities of a power station. |
| THYRSOIDAL | • thyrsoidal adj. Alternative form of thyrsoid. • THYRSOIDAL adj. having the form of a thyrsus, also THYRSOID. |
| TRIHYBRIDS | • trihybrids n. Plural of trihybrid. • TRIHYBRID n. a hybrid differing from its parents in three independently heritable characteristics. |
| YARDLIGHTS | • yardlights n. Plural of yardlight. • yard␣lights n. Plural of yard light. • YARDLIGHT n. a strong light suspended on a pole, used to illuminate a farmyard. |