| ANTIDIURETIC | • antidiuretic n. (Physiology, medicine) an agent that prevents or counteracts diuresis. • antidiuretic adj. Preventing or counteracting diuresis, especially by the reduction of urination. • ANTIDIURETIC n. a drug inhibiting the formation of urine. |
| DIPHTHERITIC | • diphtheritic adj. (Medicine) Resembling or related to diphtheria. • DIPHTHERITIC adj. relating to diphtheria. |
| DIPHTHERITIS | • diphtheritis n. (Dated) diphtheria. • DIPHTHERITIS n. diphtheria. |
| DISINTRICATE | • disintricate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To disentangle. • DISINTRICATE v. to free from intricacy. |
| DISPIRITMENT | • dispiritment n. Dispiritedness; disheartenment. • DISPIRITMENT n. a state of being dispirited. |
| DISTRIBUTIVE | • distributive adj. Relating to distribution. • distributive adj. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each. • distributive adj. (Mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed… |
| DITRANSITIVE | • ditransitive adj. (Linguistics) Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is ’give’… • ditransitive n. (Linguistics) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object. • DITRANSITIVE n. a verb able to take both a direct and an indirect object. |
| DIUTURNITIES | • DIUTURNITY n. long duration; lastingness. |
| DIVERTIMENTI | • divertimenti n. Plural of divertimento. • DIVERTIMENTO n. (Italian) a genre of 18th century chamber music having several short movements. |
| EDITORIALIST | • editorialist n. One who write opinion pieces, especially for a newspaper. • EDITORIALIST n. a writer of editorials. |
| INTERDICTING | • interdicting v. Present participle of interdict. • INTERDICT v. to forbid, prohibit. |
| INTERDICTION | • interdiction n. The act of interdicting or something interdicted. • interdiction n. The destruction of an enemy’s military potential before it can be used. • INTERDICTION n. the act of interdicting. |
| INTERDICTIVE | • interdictive adj. Having the power to prohibit. • INTERDICTIVE adj. serving to interdict. |
| INTERDIGITAL | • interdigital adj. (Anatomy) Between the fingers or toes. • INTERDIGITAL adj. between digits. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |