A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre.
hypodermic
hypodermic
adj
Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
noun
A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
hypodermis
hypodermis
noun
(anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
(botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
imprudency
imprudency
noun
(obsolete) The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.
(obsolete, countable) An imprudent act.
lampyridae
myoproteid
myriapodan
polybromid
polymeride
polymeride
noun
(organic chemistry) Polymer.
predaytime
predaytime
adj
Before daytime.
pyramidale
pyramidate
pyramiding
pyramiding
noun
(finance) Synonym of pyramid trading
A form of tax evasion in which an employer that withholds payroll taxes from employees intentionally fails to remit those withholdings to the taxing authority, often then filing for bankruptcy to repeat the fraud under a new name.
A shell deformity in captive turtles, leading to a pyramid shape underlying each scute.
The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illicit drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught.
verb
present participle of pyramid
pyramidion
pyramidion
noun
The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk or pyramid.
pyramidist
pyramidist
noun
An expert in Egyptian pyramids.
pyramidize
pyramidize
verb
(transitive) To form into a pyramid
pyramidoid
pyramidoid
noun
(geometry) A solid resembling a pyramid.
pyramoidal
pyridinium
pyridinium
noun
(organic chemistry) The cationic, protonated form of pyridine
pyrimidine
pyrimidine
noun
(organic chemistry) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA: thymine, uracil and cytosine