(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
diathermal
diathermal
adj
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
diathermia
diathermia
noun
diathermy
diathermic
diathermic
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to diathermy
That allows the free passage of heat
dichromate
dichromate
noun
(chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
hereditism
hereditism
noun
heredity
hinderment
hinderment
noun
(obsolete, regional) hindrance
hindermost
hindermost
adj
hindmost
idiothermy
medithorax
methedrine
methedrine
noun
A brand name for methamphetamine.
methodiser
methodizer
methodizer
noun
One who methodizes.
mithridate
mithridate
noun
(figurative, now rare) Synonym of cure.
(historical medicine) Any of various historical medicines—typically an electuary compounded with various poisons—believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.
(rare, obsolete) Ellipsis of mithridate mustard.: pepperwort (L. campestre), pennycress (T. arvense), or candytuft (Iberis).
parethmoid
parethmoid
adj
(anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
noun
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
ramdohrite
ramdohrite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic bluish black gray mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.
rheumatoid
rheumatoid
adj
Presenting analogies with rheumatism.
tichodrome
timberhead
timberhead
noun
(nautical) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.