| slovo | definícia |
3
(gcide) | 3 \3\ adj.
1. one more than two; denoting a quantity consisting of three
items or units; -- representing the number three as an
Arabic numeral.
Syn: three, iii
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
3rd
(mass) | 3rd
- tretí |
modula-3
(encz) | Modula-3,Modula-3 n: [it.] programovací jazyk anthonix |
omega-3
(encz) | omega-3, n: |
omega-3 fatty acid
(encz) | omega-3 fatty acid, n: |
modula-3
(czen) | Modula-3,Modula-3n: [it.] programovací jazyk anthonix |
plocha definovaná rovnicí z=x^3-3xy^2
(czen) | plocha definovaná rovnicí z=x^3-3xy^2,monkey saddle[mat.] Vladislav
Kalina |
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13
(gcide) | 13 \13\ adj.
1. denoting a quantity consisting of one more than twelve and
one less than fourteen; -- representing the number
thirteen as Arabic numerals
Syn: thirteen, xiii
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
13th
(gcide) | 13th \13th\ adj.
1. coming next after the twelfth in a series
Syn: thirteenth
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23
(gcide) | 23 \23\ adj.
1. one more than twenty-two; denoting a quantity consisting
of twenty-three items or units; -- representing the number
twenty-three as Arabic numerals
Syn: twenty-three, xxiii
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
23rd
(gcide) | 23rd \23rd\ adj.
1. coming next after the twenty-second in a series
Syn: twenty-third
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3
(gcide) | 3 \3\ adj.
1. one more than two; denoting a quantity consisting of three
items or units; -- representing the number three as an
Arabic numeral.
Syn: three, iii
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
30
(gcide) | 30 \30\ adj.
1. one more than twenty-nine; three times ten; denoting a
quantity consisting of thirty items or units; --
representing the number thirty as an Arabic numeral.
Syn: thirty, xxx
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
30th
(gcide) | 30th \30th\ adj.
1. coming next after the twenty-ninth in a series
Syn: thirtieth
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
32mo
(gcide) | Trigesimo-secundo \Tri*ges"i*mo-se*cun"do\, n.
A book composed of sheets so folded that each one makes
thirty-two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less
definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 32mo, or
32[deg], and called thirty-twomo.
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3-D
(gcide) | 3-D \3-D\ n.
1. a movie with images having three dimensional form or
appearance.
Syn: three-D, 3D
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3-hitter
(gcide) | 3-hitter \3-hitter\ n.
1. a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3
hits.
Syn: three-hitter
[WordNet 1.5] |
3rd
(gcide) | 3rd \3rd\ adj.
1. coming next after the second in a series
Syn: third, tertiary
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
Ag2ONH32
(gcide) | Silver \Sil"ver\ (s[i^]l"v[~e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver,
seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin
to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG.
silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan.
s["o]lv, Goth. silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of
unknown origin.]
1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile,
very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It
is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic,
antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite,
proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of
the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized,
and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety
of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7.
Specific gravity 10.5.
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Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients
and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as
the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of
light upon them, and are used in photography.
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2. Coin made of silver; silver money.
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3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
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4. The color of silver.
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Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of
obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright,
silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed,
silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled,
silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding,
silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See
Silver, a.
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Black silver (Min.), stephanite; -- called also {brittle
silver ore}, or brittle silver glance.
Fulminating silver. (Chem.)
(a) A black crystalline substance, Ag2O.(NH3)2, obtained
by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry
it explodes violently on the slightest percussion.
(b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance,
Ag2C2N2O2, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution
of silver nitrate; -- also called {fulminate of
silver}. When dry it is violently explosive.
German silver. (Chem.) See under German.
Gray silver. (Min.) See Freieslebenite.
Horn silver. (Min.) See Cerargyrite.
King's silver. (O. Eng. Law) See Postfine.
Red silver, or Ruby silver. (Min.) See Proustite, and
Pyrargyrite.
Silver beater, one who beats silver into silver leaf or
silver foil.
Silver glance, or Vitreous silver. (Min.) See
Argentine.
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AgNO3
(gcide) | Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.)
A salt of nitric acid.
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Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used
in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also
lunar caustic, and more commonly called {silver
nitrate}.
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Al2CH36
(gcide) | Methide \Meth"ide\ (? or ?), n. [See Methyl.] (Chem.)
A binary compound of methyl with some element; as, aluminium
methide, Al2(CH3)6.
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Al2O3
(gcide) | Sapphire \Sap"phire\ (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. saphir, F. saphir,
L. sapphirus, Gr. ?, of Oriental origin; cf. Heb.
sapp[imac]r.]
1. (Min.) Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3;
corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum,
highly prized as a gem.
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Of rubies, sapphires, and of pearl['e]s white.
--Chaucer.
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Note: Sapphire occurs in hexagonal crystals and also in
granular and massive forms. The name sapphire is
usually restricted to the blue crystals, while the
bright red crystals are called Oriental rubies (see
under Ruby), the amethystine variety Oriental
amethyst (see under Amethyst), and the dull massive
varieties corundum (a name which is also used as a
general term to include all varieties). See Corundum.
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2. The color of the gem; bright blue.
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3. (Zool.) Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native
of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright
blue.
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Star sapphire, or Asteriated sapphire (Min.), a kind of
sapphire which exhibits asterism.
[1913 Webster]Sesquioxide \Ses`qui*ox"ide\, n. [Sesqui- + oxide.] (Chem.)
An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or
radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is
a sesquioxide.
[1913 Webster] SesquipedalAlumina \A*lu"mi*na\, n. [L. alumen, aluminis. See Alum.]
(Chem.)
One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and
three of oxygen, Al2O3.
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Note: It is the oxide of the metal aluminium, the base of
aluminous salts, a constituent of a large part of the
earthy siliceous minerals, as the feldspars, micas,
scapolites, etc., and the characterizing ingredient of
common clay, in which it exists as an impure silicate
with water, resulting from the decomposition of other
aluminous minerals. In its natural state, it is the
mineral corundum.
[1913 Webster]Corundum \Co*run"dum\ (k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), n.; pl. Corundums
(k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]mz). [Also corindon.] [From Hind. kurand
corundum stone.] (Min.)
The mineral alumina (Al2O3), as found native in a
crystalline state. Transparent varieties are used as
gemstones, including sapphire, which is the fine blue
variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the {oriental
amethyst}, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the
hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native,
next to the diamond.
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Note: The name corundum is sometimes restricted to the
non-transparent or coarser kinds. Emery is a
dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with
magnetic iron ore.
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As2CH34
(gcide) | Cacodyl \Cac"o*dyl\, n. [Gr. ??????? ill-smelling (kako`s bad +
????? to smell) + -yl.] (Chem.)
Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid,
As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an
intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of
compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called
hydrazines. [Written also cacodyle, and kakodyl.]
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As2O3
(gcide) | White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter
(hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS.
hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[imac]t, D. wit, G.
weiss, OHG. w[imac]z, hw[imac]z, Icel. hv[imac]tr, Sw. hvit,
Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright,
Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [,c]v[=e]ta white, [,c]vit to be
bright. [root]42. Cf. Wheat, Whitsunday.]
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1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
white skin. "Pearls white." --Chaucer.
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White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.
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2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" --Byron.
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3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.
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No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.
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4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
So old and white as this. --Shak.
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5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
one of the white days of his life. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer.
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I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.
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Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
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White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under
Pepper.
White ant (Zool.), any one of numerous species of social
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These
insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
large and complex communities consisting of numerous
asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
(or fertile females) often having the body enormously
distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
kind in various stages of development. Many of the species
construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble
the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable
substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
often very destructive to buildings and furniture.
White arsenic (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a
substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a
deadly poison.
White bass (Zool.), a fresh-water North American bass
(Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
White bear (Zool.), the polar bear. See under Polar.
White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White brand (Zool.), the snow goose.
White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.
White campion. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white
flowers.
(b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).
White canon (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.
White caps, the members of a secret organization in various
of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform
obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked
in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux
Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.
White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America
(Thuja occidentalis), also the related {Cupressus
thyoides}, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much
valued for their durable timber. In California the name is
given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
--Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a
lofty tree (Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima)
whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
it is not attacked by insect.
White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cell-blood (Med.), leucocythaemia.
White clover (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover
bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for
cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also
under Clover.
White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German
silver}, under German.
White copperas (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
coquimbite.
White coral (Zool.), an ornamental branched coral
(Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.
White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cricket (Zool.), the tree cricket.
White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
White currant (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,
having white berries.
White daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
mines. --Raymond.
White elephant (Zool.),
(a) a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
(b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.
White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
wheels, and for other purposes.
White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.
White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
the white feather}, under Feather, n.
White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and {Abies
concolor}.
White flesher (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. See under
Ruffed. [Canada]
White frost. See Hoarfrost.
White game (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White garnet (Min.), leucite.
White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica)
with greenish-white paleae.
White grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The white ptarmigan.
(b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
White grub (Zool.), the larva of the June bug and other
allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
other plants, and often do much damage.
White hake (Zool.), the squirrel hake. See under
Squirrel.
White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), the hen harrier.
White heat, the temperature at which bodies become
incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
they emit.
White hellebore (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum
(Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.
White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
White hoolet (Zool.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
White horses (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
The White House. See under House.
White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having
the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the
Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
White iron.
(a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
(b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
proportion of combined carbon.
White iron pyrites (Min.), marcasite.
White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
White lark (Zool.), the snow bunting.
White lead.
(a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
other purposes; ceruse.
(b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
salt.
White leg (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.
White lettuce (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
Rattlesnake.
White lie. See under Lie.
White light.
(a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
same proportion as in the light coming directly from
the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
illumination for signals, etc.
White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
whitewashing; whitewash.
White line (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
on a printed page; a blank line.
White meat.
(a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
(b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
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Driving their cattle continually with them, and
feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
--Spenser.
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White merganser (Zool.), the smew.
White metal.
(a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
etc.
(b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
certain stage in copper smelting.
White miller. (Zool.)
(a) The common clothes moth.
(b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
spots; -- called also ermine moth, and {virgin
moth}. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.
White money, silver money.
White mouse (Zool.), the albino variety of the common
mouse.
White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema)
ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
called also blue-back mullet, and liza.
White nun (Zool.), the smew; -- so called from the white
crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
head, which give the appearance of a hood.
White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.
White owl. (Zool.)
(a) The snowy owl.
(b) The barn owl.
White partridge (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White perch. (Zool.)
(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana)
valued as a food fish.
(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
(c) Any California surf fish.
White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.
White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often
cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
White poppy (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.
White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
[Obs.]
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A pistol charged with white powder. --Beau. & Fl.
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White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.
White rabbit. (Zool.)
(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
(b) An albino rabbit.
White rent,
(a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
(b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
White rhinoceros. (Zool.)
(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
Indicus}). See Rhinoceros.
(b) The umhofo.
White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
White rope (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
White rot. (Bot.)
(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
called rot in sheep.
(b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
fat}.
White salmon (Zool.), the silver salmon.
White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
White scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii)
injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under
Orange.
White shark (Zool.), a species of man-eating shark. See
under Shark.
White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under
Softening.
White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.
White squall (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
the surface of the sea.
White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
England. --Macaulay.
White stork (Zool.), the common European stork.
White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
(d) .
White sucker. (Zool.)
(a) The common sucker.
(b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).
White swelling (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
White tombac. See Tombac.
White trout (Zool.), the white weakfish, or silver
squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.
White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
vitriol}, under Vitriol.
White wagtail (Zool.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
White whale (Zool.), the beluga.
White widgeon (Zool.), the smew.
White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." --Chaucer.
White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
White wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of
Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
Thibetan wolf.
(b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
White wren (Zool.), the willow warbler; -- so called from
the color of the under parts.
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As2S3
(gcide) | Sesquisulphide \Ses`qui*sul"phide\, n. [Sesqui- + sulphide.]
(Chem.)
A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three
atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly
called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is
arsenic sesquisulphide.
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AsH3
(gcide) | Arsine \Ar"sine\ ([aum]r"s[i^]n or -s[=e]n), n. [From
Arsenic.] (Chem.)
A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and
exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic;
arseniureted hydrogen.
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BOH3
(gcide) | Boric \Bo"ric\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron.
[1913 Webster]
Boric acid, a white crystalline substance B(OH)3, easily
obtained from its salts, and occurring in solution in the
hot lagoons of Tuscany.
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C10H13N5O4
(gcide) | azidothymidine \azidothymidine\ n.
1. 1 an antiviral drug, (C10H13N5O4) used in the treatment
of AIDS. It has the generic name of zidovudine.
Note: an analog of thymidine, it inhibits the replication of
the viral chromosome.
Syn: AZT, zidovudine[generic], 3'-azido 3'-deoxythymidine,
Retrovir[Trademark]
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
C10H13NH2
(gcide) | Cymidine \Cy"mi*dine\ ( s?"m?-d?n or -d?n; 104), n. (Chem.)
A liquid organic base, C10H13.NH2, derived from cymene.
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C10H13NO
(gcide) | Thalline \Thal"line\, n. [Gr. ? a young shoot or branch.]
(Chem.)
An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a
white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are
valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color
produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.
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C10H13O2N
(gcide) | Phenacetin \Phe*nac"e*tin\, Phenacetine \Phe*nac"e*tine\, n.
[Phenyl + acetic + -in.] (Pharm.)
A white, crystalline compound, C10H13O2N, once used in
medicine principally as an antipyretic. It is now seldom used
because of serious side effects.
Syn: N-(4-ethoxyphenyl)acetamide, p-acetophenetidide,
p-ethoxyacetanilide, acetophenetidin,
para-acetphenetidin, p-acetophenetide.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
C10H13OH
(gcide) | Thymol \Thym"ol\, n. [Thyme + -ol.] (Chem.)
A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with
carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white
crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong
antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene.
[1913 Webster]Carvacrol \Car"va*crol\ (k[aum]r"v[.a]*kr[=o]l), n. (Chem.)
A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and
disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway ({Carum
carui}).
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C10H15O5N3
(gcide) | Carnic \Car"nic\ (k[aum]r"n[i^]k), a. [L. caro, carnis, flesh.]
Of or pertaining to flesh; specif. (Physiol. Chem.),
pertaining to or designating a hygroscopic monobasic acid,
C10H15O5N3, obtained as a cleavage product from an acid of
muscle tissue.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
C10H16N2O3S
(gcide) | biotin \bi"o*tin\ n.
a B vitamin (C10H16N2O3S) that aids in body growth; --
called also vitamin H and coenzyme R. It functions as a
coenzyme in many carboxylation reactions.
Note: Biotin binds tightly to the substance avidin, found in
raw egg-whites. Rats or chick on a diet high in raw
egg-white may develop skin lesions and retarded growth,
which can be prevented by adding biotin to the diet.
--[MI11]
Syn: .
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
C10H5OHNH2SO3Na
(gcide) | Eikonogen \Ei*kon"o*gen\, n. [Gr. e'ikw`n, e'iko`nos, image +
root of gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Photog. & Chem.)
The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol,
C10H5(OH)(NH2)SO3Na used as a developer.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
C10H6O3
(gcide) | Juglone \Ju"glone\, n. [L. juglans the walnut + -one.] (Chem.)
A yellow crystalline substance (C10H6O3) resembling
quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut ({Juglans
regia}); -- called also nucin. Chemically, it is
5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthalenedione.
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C11H8N3O2S2
(gcide) | Firefly luciferin \Fire"fly` lu*cif"er*in\, n. (Biochem.)
a type of luciferin produced by the firefly {Photinus
pyralis}.
Note: Its structure has been elucidated, and chemically it is
recognized as
4,5-Dihydro-2-(6-hydroxy-2-benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-thiazolecarboxylic
acid, C11H8N3O2S2. It has found use in a very
sensitive assay for ATP, in which concentrations of ATP
as low as 10^-11 molar can be detected. --[MI11]
[PJC] |
C12H13NO3
(gcide) | Cotarnine \Co*tar"nine\ (k?-t?r"n?n or -n?n), n. [F., fr.
narcotine, by transposition of letters.] (Chem.)
A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a
product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic
properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.
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C12H17NO3
(gcide) | Cerulenin \Ce`ru*len"in\, n. [isolated from Cephalosporium
caerulens.] (Chem.)
an antifungal antibiotic, C12H17NO3. It inhibits the growth
of yeasts by interfering with the synthesis of sterols and
fatty acids.
[PJC] |
C13H10
(gcide) | Fluorene \Flu`or*ene\, n. (Chem.)
A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C13H10 having a
beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in
the higher boiling products of coal tar, and is obtained
artificially.
[1913 Webster] fluoresceineSequoiene \Se*quoi"ene\, n. (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent
crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the
California "big tree" (Sequoia gigantea).
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C13H12N2O
(gcide) | Flavine \Fla"vine\ (?; 104), n. (Chem.)
A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained
artificially.
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C13H26
(gcide) | Tridecatylene \Tri`de*cat"y*lene\
(tr[-i]`d[-e]*k[a^]t"[i^]*l[=e]n), n. [Pref. tri-+ Gr.
de`katos tenth + E. ethylene.] (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon, C13H26, of the ethylene series,
corresponding to tridecane, and obtained from Burmah
petroleum as a light colorless liquid; -- called also
tridecylene, and tridecene.
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C13H28
(gcide) | Tridecane \Tri*dec"ane\ (tr[-i]*d[e^]k"[=a]n), n. [Pref. tri- +
Gr. ? ten. So called from the number of carbon atoms in the
molecule.] (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a
probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene,
and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid.
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C13H9N
(gcide) | Phenanthridine \Phe*nan"thri*dine\, n. [Phenanthrene +
pyridine.] (Chem.)
A nitrogenous hydrocarbon base, C13H9N, analogous to
phenanthrene and quinoline.
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C14H24O3
(gcide) | Lichenic \Li*chen"ic\ (l[-i]*k[e^]n"[i^]k), a.
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.
[1913 Webster]
Lichenic acid.
(a) An organic acid, C14H24O3, obtained from Iceland moss.
(b) An old name of fumaric acid.
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C14H30
(gcide) | Tetradecane \Tet`ra*dec"ane\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? ten.] (Chem.)
A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series;
-- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
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C15H32
(gcide) | Pentadecane \Pen`ta*dec"ane\ (p[e^]n`t[.a]*d[e^]k"[=a]n), n.
[Penta- + Gr. de`ka ten.] (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in
petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid;
-- so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
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C16H32
(gcide) | Cetene \Ce"tene\, n. [See Cete.] (Chem.)
An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series,
obtained from spermaceti.
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C16H32O2
(gcide) | Palmitic \Pal*mit"ic\, a. (Physiol. Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as,
palmitic acid (C16H32O2), a white crystalline substance
belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in
hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62[deg] C.
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C16H33
(gcide) | Hexdecyl \Hex"de*cyl\, n. [Hex- + decyl.] (Chem.)
The essential radical, C16H33, of hecdecane.
[1913 Webster]Cetyl \Ce"tyl\, n. [Gr. ? whale + -yl.] (Chem.)
A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist
in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds,
and derived from spermaceti.
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C16H33OH
(gcide) | ethal \eth"al\, n. [Ether + alcohol: cf. F. ['e]thal.] (Chem.)
A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also {cetyl
alcohol} and cetylic alcohol. See Cetylic alcohol, under
Cetylic.
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C16H34
(gcide) | Hecdecane \Hec"de*cane\, n. [Gr. ? six + ? ten.] (Chem.)
A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of
the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important
ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule
has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane.
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C17H32O4
(gcide) | Roccellic \Roc*cel"lic\, a. [F. roccellique, fr. roccelle
archil, It. & NL. roccella, fr. It. rocca a rock, because
archil grows on rock.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic
series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and
other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance
C17H32O4.
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C17H34O2
(gcide) | Margaric \Mar*gar"ic\, a. [Cf. F. margarique. See Margarite.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.
[1913 Webster]
Margaric acid.
(a) (Physiol. Chem.) A fatty body, crystallizing in pearly
scales, and obtained by digesting saponified fats (soaps)
with an acid. It was formerly supposed to be an
individual fatty acid, but is now known to be simply an
intimate mixture of stearic and palmitic acids.
(b) (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C17H34O2 of the
fatty acid series, intermediate between palmitic and
stearic acids, and obtained from the wax of certain
lichens, from cetyl cyanide, and other sources. Called
also heptadecanoic acid.
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C17H352CO
(gcide) | Stearone \Ste"a*rone\ (st[=e]"[.a]*r[=o]n), n. (Chem.)
The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline
substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium
stearate.
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C18H21NO3
(gcide) | Codeine \Co"deine\ (k[=o]"d[=e]n or k[-o]*d[=e]"[i^]n), n. [Gr.
kw`deia poppy head: cf. F. cod['e]ine.] (Chem.)
One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance,
C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of
morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also
codeia.
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C18H27O3N
(gcide) | Pepper \Pep"per\ (p[e^]p"p[~e]r), n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L.
piper, fr. Gr. pe`peri, pi`peri, akin to Skr. pippala,
pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Common pepper, or black pepper, is made from the
whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper
is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has
been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of
the peculiar properties of the plant than the black
pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative
stimulant.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous
flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed
throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
earth.
[1913 Webster]
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . These contain
varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N),
which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is
about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a
scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also
Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
Capsicum. See Capsicum, and the Phrases, below.
[1913 Webster]
African pepper, the Guinea pepper. See under Guinea.
Cayenne pepper. See under Cayenne.
Chinese pepper, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
Japan.
Guinea pepper. See under Guinea, and Capsicum.
Jamaica pepper. See Allspice.
Long pepper.
(a) The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian
shrub.
(b) The root of Piper methysticum (syn. {Macropiper
methysticum}) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.
Malaguetta pepper, or Meleguetta pepper, the aromatic
seeds of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the
Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer,
etc., under the name of grains of Paradise.
Red pepper. See Capsicum.
Sweet pepper bush (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
called also white alder.
Pepper box or Pepper caster, a small box or bottle, with
a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on
food, etc.
Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary.
Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.
Pepper moth (Zool.), a European moth (Biston betularia)
having white wings covered with small black specks.
Pepper pot, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
Pepper root. (Bot.). See Coralwort.
pepper sauce, a condiment for the table, made of small red
peppers steeped in vinegar.
Pepper tree (Bot.), an aromatic tree (Drimys axillaris)
of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic.
[1913 Webster]Capsicum \Cap"si*cum\ (k[a^]p"s[i^]*k[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. L.
capsa box, chest.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry
berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent,
biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper
of commerce.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or
bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper,
Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper (from which
tabasco is obtained), Capsicum chinense, which
includes the fiery-hot habanero pepper, and {Capsicum
annuum} or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell
pepper, the jalapeno pepper, the cayenne pepper, and
other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used,
both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in
cookery. These contain varying levels of the substance
capsaicin (C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers
their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times
hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed
by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Cayenne pepper,
pepper and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); .
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C18H30N2O2
(gcide) | butacaine \butacaine\ n.
a white crystalline ester (C18H30N2O2) that is applied to
mucous membranes as a topical anesthetic. Chemically it is
3-(di-n-butylamino)-1-propanol 4-aminobenzoate
(H2N.C6H4.CO.O.(CH2)3N(C4H9)2). It is usually used as the
sulfate salt.
Syn: butacaine sulfate.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
C18H34O3
(gcide) | Palmic \Pal"mic\, a. [Cf. F. palmique.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant
(Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi) and other species of
the family Euphorbiaceae; -- formerly used to designate an
acid now called ricinoleic acid (d-12-hydroxyoleic acid,
C18H34O3). [Obsoles.]
[1913 Webster]ricinoleic acid \ric`in*o"le*ic ac"id\, n. (Chem.)
An organic acid (C18H34O3) obtained from the castor-oil
plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi) and other
species of the family Euphorbiaceae; chemicaly it is
d-12-hydroxyoleic acid
(CH3(CH2)5.CH(OH).CH2.CH=CH.(CH2)7COOH). Formerly called
palmic acid.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Ricinoleic \Ric`in*o"le*ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to
oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance,
C18H34O3 with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic
and formerly referred to as palmic.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
C19H21NO3
(gcide) | Thebaine \The*ba"ine\, n. [So called from a kind of Egyptian
opium produced at Thebes.] (Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small
quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic
action resembling that of strychnine.
[1913 Webster] |
C20H16O3
(gcide) | Rosolic \Ro*sol"ic\, a. [Rose + carbolic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called
rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It
is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a
dark red amorphous mass, C20H16O3, which forms weak salts
with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also {methyl
aurin}, and, formerly, corallin.
[1913 Webster] |
C20H21N3O
(gcide) | Rosaniline \Ros*an"i*line\ (? or ?), n. [Rose + aniline.]
(Chem.)
A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by
oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless
crystalline substance which forms red salts. These salts are
essential components of many of the socalled aniline dyes, as
fuchsine, aniline red, etc. By extension, any one of the
series of substances derived from, or related to, rosaniline
proper.
[1913 Webster] |
C20H30O
(gcide) | vitamin A1 \vitamin A1\ n.
retinol (C20H30O), one of the substances also called
vitamin A. It is also called more specifically {vitamin A
alcohol}. It is a required factor for human nutrition. The
USP unit of activity is equal to 0.30 micrograms of retinol.
Syn: retinol.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]axerophthol \axerophthol\ n.
1. a vitamin essential for normal vision (C20H30O); it
prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the
eyes; same as vitamin A. One U.S.P. unit of vitamin A is
equivalent to 0.30 micrograms of pure vitamin A alcohol.
Syn: vitamin A; vitamin A alcohol; antiophthalmic factor;
biosterol; retinol; A.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
C20H38
(gcide) | Eikosylene \Ei*kos"y*lene\, n. [Gr. e'i`kosi twenty +
acetylene.] (Chem.)
A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series,
obtained from brown coal.
[1913 Webster] |
C21H30O5
(gcide) | cortisol \cortisol\ n.
a steroid hormone (C21H30O5) active in carbohydrate and
protein metabolism; -- called also hydrocortisone. It is
used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent
Syn: hydrocortisone.
[WordNet 1.5] |
C21H36N7O16P3S
(gcide) | coenzyme A \co*en"zyme A`\ (k[-o]*[e^]n"z[imac]m [=a]`),
(Biochem.)
a coenzyme (C21H36N7O16P3S) that participates in the
transfer of acetyl groups in biochemical reactions; --
abbreviated CoA. It contains adenosine, phosphate,
pantothenic acid and cysteamine groups. The acetyl group to
be transferred during biosynthesis is temporarily attached to
the free sulhydryl of the cysteamine group to form a
thioester, in which state it is called acetyl coenzyme A. The
strength of a preparation of coenzyme A may be expressed by
the Lippman unit; one milligram of CoA contains 413 Lippman
units.
[PJC] |
C22H23NO7
(gcide) | opianine \o"pi*a*nine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid (C22H23NO7) found in small quantity in opium.
It is identical with narcotine. It is present in amounts up
to 11% in Papaver somniferum, and is used clinically as an
antitussive. --MI11
Syn: noscapine; narcosine; opian.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
C23H22O6
(gcide) | rotenone \ro"te*none\, n.
A chemical substance (C23H22O6) extracted from the root of
the derris (Derris elliptica, Derris malaccensis, and
other species), used in treatment of scabies and as an
insecticide for external infestation by chiggers in human
medicine, and in veterinary medicine for the treatment of
infestations with fleas, ticks, and lice.
[PJC] |
C23H30ClN3O
(gcide) | Atabrine \Atabrine\ n. [Trademark.]
a drug once used to treat malaria (C23H30ClN3O); chemically
it is a derivative of the tricyclic structure acridine:
6-chloro-9-[[4-(diethylamino-1-methylbutyl)]amino]-2-methoxyacridine.
It also has some anthelmintic activity against cestodes.
Atabrine is a trademark.
Syn: quinacrine, mepacrine.
[WordNet 1.5] |
C23H48
(gcide) | Trikosane \Tri"ko*sane\, n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? twenty.] (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling
paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of
carbon in the molecule.
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C25H38O5
(gcide) | simvastatin \sim`va*stat"in\, n.
a chemical substance (C25H38O5) having inhibitory activity
on the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, and used in medicine to
reduce cholesterol levels in blood.
Syn: synvinolin; MK-733; Zocor.
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