1. A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste

Derived forms: thebaines

Encyclopedia: Thebaine

• dead ahead
• dead air
• dead axle
• dead body
• dead center
• dead centre
• dead drop
• dead duck
• dead hand
• dead hand of the past
• dead heat
• dead language
• dead letter
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• dead march
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• dead nettle
• dead on target
• dead person
• dead reckoning
• dead ringer
• dead room
• Dead Sea
• Dead Sea scrolls