| DEMYELINATING | • demyelinating adj. (Pathology) That promotes, or undergoes demyelination. • demyelinating v. Present participle of demyelinate. • DEMYELINATE v. to destroy the myelin (of nerve fibres). |
| DEMYELINATION | • demyelination n. (Biology, medicine) The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, usually as a result of disease… • DEMYELINATION n. the act of destroying the myelin (of nerve fibres). |
| DIETHYLAMINES | • diethylamines n. Plural of diethylamine. • DIETHYLAMINE n. a liquid resembling ethylamine, derived from ammonia, with ethyl groups replacing two hydrogen atoms. |
| DIMETHYLAMINE | • dimethylamine n. (Organic chemistry) The secondary amine (CH3)2NH, which has a number of industrial uses. • DIMETHYLAMINE n. a gas derived from ammonia with two methyl groups replacing two hydrogen atoms. |
| DISCONFORMITY | • disconformity n. (Geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel… • disconformity n. (Religion) nonconformity. • DISCONFORMITY n. an unconformity in which the beds above the unconformity are parallel to the beds below the unconformity. |
| ENDOSYMBIOTIC | • endosymbiotic adj. Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis. • endosymbiotic adj. That lives within a body or cells of another organism. Forming an endosymbiosis. • ENDOSYMBIOTIC adj. of or pertaining to endosymbiosis; (of an organism) living in such a relationship. |
| GEODYNAMICIST | • geodynamicist n. One who studies geodynamics. • GEODYNAMICIST n. a student of geodynamics, the study of the dynamic processes and forces within the earth. |
| IMPEDIMENTARY | • IMPEDIMENTARY adj. hindering. |
| IMPROVIDENTLY | • improvidently adv. In an improvident manner. • IMPROVIDENT adv. lacking foresight, thoughtless, also UNPROVIDENT. |
| INDETERMINACY | • indeterminacy n. The condition of being indeterminate. • INDETERMINACY n. the state of being indeterminate. |
| LYMPHADENITIS | • lymphadenitis n. (Biology, medicine) Inflammation or swelling of lymph nodes; it is often a nonspecific sign of infection… • LYMPHADENITIS n. inflammation of the lymph nodes. |
| MERIDIONALITY | • meridionality n. The state of being in the meridian. • meridionality n. Position in the south; aspect toward the south. • MERIDIONALITY n. the state of being meridional, a southerner. |
| MULTICYLINDER | • multicylinder adj. Having or relating to more than one cylinder. • MULTICYLINDER adj. of an engine, having many cylinders. |
| MULTITUDINARY | • multitudinary adj. Multitudinous. • MULTITUDINARY adj. of or like a multitude. |
| POSTMODIFYING | • postmodifying v. Present participle of postmodify. • POSTMODIFY v. to modify the sense of (a word or phrase) by being placed after it. |
| RUDIMENTARILY | • rudimentarily adv. In a rudimentary fashion. • RUDIMENTARY adv. arrested at an early stage of development, also RUDIMENTAL. |
| SEDIMENTARILY | • sedimentarily adv. As, or in terms of, sediment. • SEDIMENTARY adv. relating to or composed of sediment. |
| UNMITIGATEDLY | • unmitigatedly adv. In an unmitigated manner. • UNMITIGATED adv. not lessened. |