| AMPHIBIOTIC | • amphibiotic adj. Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults. • AMPHIBIOTIC adj. having an aquatic larval form and a terrestrial adult form, as amphibians. |
| AMPHIMICTIC | • amphimictic adj. Relating to amphimixis. • AMPHIMICTIC adj. relating to amphimixis. |
| DIPHYSITISM | • DIPHYSITISM n. belief in the dual nature of Christ. |
| DITHELITISM | • DITHELITISM n. the doctrine that Christ on earth had two wills, human and divine, also DITHELISM, DIOTHELISM, DYOTHELISM. |
| HETAIRISMIC | • HETAIRISMIC adj. relating to hetairism, concubinage. |
| HISTORICISM | • historicism n. A theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people. • historicism n. (Art) The use of historical styles in contemporary art. • historicism n. (Theology) A method of interpretation in Christian eschatology which attempts to associate Biblical… |
| HISTRIONISM | • histrionism n. Histrionic behaviour. • HISTRIONISM n. acting, theatricality, also HISTRIONICISM. |
| HUMILIATING | • humiliating adj. Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone. • humiliating v. Present participle of humiliate. • HUMILIATE v. to humble, to mortify. |
| HUMILIATION | • humiliation n. The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification. • humiliation n. The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission. • HUMILIATION n. the act of humiliating. |
| HUMILIATIVE | • humiliative adj. (Grammar) Serving to lower one’s own or another’s status. • humiliative n. (Grammar) A construct that serves to lower one’s own or another’s status. • HUMILIATIVE adj. serving to humiliate, also HUMILIATORY. |
| METHICILLIN | • methicillin n. (Pharmacology) Alternative spelling of meticillin. • METHICILLIN n. a semisynthetic penicillin used esp. in the form of its sodium salt. |
| MICROLITHIC | • microlithic adj. Formed of small stones. • MICROLITHIC adj. of or like a microlith. |
| MISDIGHTING | • MISDIGHT v. (Spenser) to mismanage or treat badly. |
| MISLIGHTING | • mislighting v. Present participle of mislight. • MISLIGHT v. to lead astray by its light. |
| MISTHINKING | • misthinking v. Present participle of misthink. • MISTHINK v. to think wrongly. |
| MITHRIDATIC | • mithridatic adj. (Historical) Of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons. • mithridatic adj. Of or related to mithridatism, the gradual acquisition of immunity to poison through repeated exposure. • mithridatic n. (Medicine, archaic) Synonym of antidote: a treatment which functions like a mithridate. |
| MYTHICISING | • mythicising v. Present participle of mythicise. • MYTHICISE v. to make mythical, also MYTHICIZE. |
| MYTHICIZING | • mythicizing v. Present participle of mythicize. • MYTHICIZE v. to make mythical, also MYTHICISE. |
| TINSMITHING | • tinsmithing n. The trade of a tinsmith; making or repairing things of tin or similar alloys. • TINSMITHING n. the craft of the tinsmith. |