| DEHYDROGENATION | • dehydrogenation n. (Chemistry) Any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production… • DEHYDROGENATION n. the removal of hydrogen from a chemical compound. |
| DEHYDRORETINOLS | • DEHYDRORETINOL n. vitamin A2. |
| DEMERITORIOUSLY | • DEMERITORIOUS adv. not meritorious. |
| DEMYTHOLOGISERS | • DEMYTHOLOGISER n. one who demythologises, also DEMYTHOLOGIZER. |
| DEMYTHOLOGIZERS | • demythologizers n. Plural of demythologizer. • DEMYTHOLOGIZER n. one who demythologizes, also DEMYTHOLOGISER. |
| DIHYDROCODEINES | • DIHYDROCODEINE n. a synthetic drug similar to codeine, used as an analgesic, an antidiarrhoeal, and to relieve coughing. |
| DYSTELEOLOGICAL | • dysteleological adj. Of or pertaining to dysteleology. • DYSTELEOLOGICAL adj. related to dysteleology, the study of functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants. |
| DYSTELEOLOGISTS | • dysteleologists n. Plural of dysteleologist. • DYSTELEOLOGIST n. a specialist in dysteleology, the study of functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants. |
| ENDONUCLEOLYTIC | • endonucleolytic adj. (Biochemistry) That cleaves nucleic acids in half by hydrolyzing the bonds between nucleotides. • ENDONUCLEOLYTIC adj. cleaving a nucleotide chain into two parts at an internal point. |
| HOBBLEDEHOYISMS | • HOBBLEDEHOYISM n. the state of being a hobbledehoy, also HOBBLEDEHOYDOM, HOBBLEDEHOYHOOD. |
| LEPIDOPTEROLOGY | • lepidopterology n. (Biology, zoology, entomology) The scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera). • lepidopterology n. Lepidoptery, (the hobby of butterfly collecting). • LEPIDOPTEROLOGY n. the study of butterflies and moths. |
| OLIGODENDROCYTE | • oligodendrocyte n. (Biology) Any of the cells of the oligodendroglia in the nervous system. • OLIGODENDROCYTE n. a glial cell resembling an astrocyte but smaller with few and slender processes having few branches. |
| OSTEOMYELITIDES | • osteomyelitides n. Plural of osteomyelitis. |
| OVERCONFIDENTLY | • overconfidently adv. In an overconfident manner. • OVERCONFIDENT adv. excessively confident. |
| POLIOMYELITIDES | • poliomyelitides n. Plural of poliomyelitis. • POLIOMYELITIS n. a virus disease of the spinal cord, often causing paralysis; infantile paralysis. |
| POLYNUCLEOTIDES | • polynucleotides n. Plural of polynucleotide. • POLYNUCLEOTIDE n. a polymeric chain of nucleotides. |
| THYROIDECTOMIES | • thyroidectomies n. Plural of thyroidectomy. • THYROIDECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the thyroid gland. |