dihydroxyladj.
Chemistry.
See di- comb. form and hydroxyl n.
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1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 72 The dihydroxyle quinia is physiologically inert.
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adj.1875- be on the lock
- be on the outside looking in
- be on the panel
- be on the rack
- be on the rag
- be on the receiving end
- be on the right or wrong side of the hedge
- be on the roister
- be on the roud
- be on the safe side
- be on the safer or wrong side of the hedge
- be on the same page
- be on the same wavelength
- be on the scene
- be on the street
- be on the streets
- be on the sure side
- be on the sure side of the hedge
- be on the tenter(s
- be on the tenterhooks
- be on the top ropes
- be on the warpath
- be on the weigh-scales
- be on the weighscales
- be on the wrong side of a person