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Roy. Micros. Soc., 2d ser., VI. ii. 350. dehydrater dehydrater (dē-hidrā-ter), n. That which dehydrates. dehydration (dē-hi-drā'shon), n. [ dehydrate +-ion.] In chem ., the removal of water as an element in the composition of a substance. dehydrogenization (dē-hi"drō-jen-i-zā'shon), n. [ dehydrogenize + -ation .] The removal of hydrogen, wholly or in part, from a compound containing it. The oxidations and the dehydrogenisations play the most important part in the production of colour. love, Dict., IV. 77. dehydrogenize (de-hidrō-jen-iz), v . t .; pret. and pp. dehydrogenized , ppr. dehydrogenizing . To deprive of hydrogen; remove hydrogen from (a compound containing it). dehydrogenizer (dē-hi'drō-jen-i-zér), n. A reagent which effects the removal of hydrogen from a compound containing it. The action of dehydrogenisers upon naphthylamine. Ure, Dict., IV. 932. deiamba (da-iam'ba), n. [Native name.] Congo tobacco, a plant growing wild in the marshy districts of Congo, western Africa, the flowers of which produce a narcotic effect when smoked. deicidel (dē'i-sid), n. [= F. déicide = Sp. Pg. It. deicida , deicida , deus , a god, + -cid a , a killer, cædere , kill. Cf. homicide1.] One who kills a god; specifically, one concerned in crucifying Jesus Christ. Craig . [Rare.] In the Middle Ages the Jews were believed to be an accursed race of deicides .