| DIPHTHERITIC | • diphtheritic adj. (Medicine) Resembling or related to diphtheria. • DIPHTHERITIC adj. relating to diphtheria. |
| DIPHTHERITIS | • diphtheritis n. (Dated) diphtheria. • DIPHTHERITIS n. diphtheria. |
| DISINHERITED | • disinherited v. Simple past tense and past participle of disinherit. • DISINHERIT v. to deprive of an inheritance, also DISHERIT. |
| DISINHIBITOR | • disinhibitor n. Something that reduces one’s inhibitions, making one act more impulsively. |
| DITRIGLYPHIC | • ditriglyphic adj. (Architecture) Relating to ditriglyphs. • DITRIGLYPHIC adj. of or like a ditriglyph, a space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns. |
| HISTORICISED | • historicised v. Simple past tense and past participle of historicise. • HISTORICISE v. to make or represent as historic, also HISTORICIZE. |
| HISTORICIZED | • historicized v. Simple past tense and past participle of historicize. • HISTORICIZE v. to make or represent as historic, also HISTORICISE. |
| IDIORHYTHMIC | • idiorhythmic adj. Having its own rhythm or style. • IDIORHYTHMIC adj. self-regulating; allowing each member to regulate his or her own life, also IDIORRHYTHMIC. |
| MITHRIDATISE | • mithridatise v. (UK) Alternative form of mithridatize. • MITHRIDATISE v. to acquire immunity to a poison acquired by taking gradually increased doses of it, also MITHRIDATIZE. |
| MITHRIDATISM | • mithridatism n. The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity. • MITHRIDATISM n. immunity to poison by taking increasingly large doses. |
| MITHRIDATIZE | • mithridatize v. (US) To make immune to a poison by administration of gradually increasing doses. • MITHRIDATIZE v. to acquire immunity to a poison acquired by taking gradually increased doses of it, also MITHRIDATISE. |
| NIGHTRIDINGS | • NIGHTRIDING n. the activity of a nightrider, a member of a secret band of white men who carried out lynchings in the southern USA. |
| THIORIDAZINE | • thioridazine n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer, chiefly in… • THIORIDAZINE n. a phenothiazine tranquillizer used in the form of its hydrochloride for relief of anxiety states. |
| TRIETHIODIDE | • triethiodide n. (Organic chemistry) Any compound containing three ethiodide groups. • triethiodide n. (Organic chemistry) Any compound containing three ethylammonium iodide groups. • TRIETHIODIDE n. as in gallamine triethiodide, a neuromuscular blocking agent used in anaesthesia. |