| CAROTINOID | • carotinoid n. Dated form of carotenoid. • CAROTINOID n. any of a group of pigments similar to carotenes, found in plant and some animal tissues, also CAROTENOID. |
| CORTICOIDS | • corticoids n. Plural of corticoid. • CORTICOID n. any of the steroid hormones produced in the adrenal cortex, also CORTICOSTEROID. |
| 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. |
| DIORTHOTIC | • diorthotic adj. Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective. • DIORTHOTIC adj. relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective. |
| DISPOSITOR | • dispositor n. (Obsolete) A disposer. • dispositor n. (Obsolete, astrology) The planet that is lord of the sign where another planet is. • DISPOSITOR n. in astrology, a planet that disposes or controls another. |
| DISROOTING | • disrooting v. Present participle of disroot. • DISROOT v. to tear up the roots of, or by the roots. |
| DISTORTION | • distortion n. An act of distorting. • distortion n. A result of distorting. • distortion n. A misrepresentation of the truth. |
| DORMITIONS | • dormitions n. Plural of dormition. • DORMITION n. the act of sleeping; falling asleep. |
| IDIOTPROOF | • idiotproof adj. Alternative form of idiot-proof. • idiotproof v. Alternative form of idiot-proof. • idiot-proof adj. (Informal, humorous) Incapable of being misused even by the most stupid or careless of users. |
| IODOMETRIC | • iodometric adj. (Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or using iodometry. • IODOMETRIC adj. measured by iodine, also IODOMETRICAL. |
| ORDINATION | • ordination n. The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained. • ordination n. (Christianity) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic… • ordination n. (Buddhism) the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha. |
| PROTEINOID | • proteinoid n. (Biochemistry) A polypeptide formed abiotically from by heating a mixture of amino acids. |
| RADIOTOXIC | • radiotoxic adj. Toxic because of its radioactivity. • RADIOTOXIC adj. relating to the toxic effects of radioactivity or radioactive waste. |
| STROBILOID | • strobiloid adj. Resembling a strobile. • STROBILOID adj. like a strobile, a scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants. |