Mitin
/ˈmʌɪtɪn/noun
A trademark for: any of various mothproofing agents; specifically (in full Mitin F.F.), a substituted urea, Cl2C6H3·NH·CO·NH·C6H3(Cl)O·C6H3(Cl)SO3Na, which is used to treat woollen goods such as carpets.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The Trade Marks Journal. Apparently from French Mitin from mite mite, moth + -in.
- descendancy
- descendant
- descendency
- descendent
- descendental
- descendentalism
- descender
- descendeur
- descendibility
- descendible
- descending colon
- descending diphthong
- descending node
- descending rhythm
- descension
- descensional
- descensive
- descensory
- descent
- descent cast
- descentive
- deschool
- deschooler
- deschooling
- descloizite