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HCO
(gcide) | Formyl \For"myl\, n. [Formic + -yl.] (Chem.)
(a) A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential
residue of formic acid and aldehyde.
(b) Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3.
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birthcontrol
(mass) | birth-control
- kontrola pôrodnosti |
forthcoming
(mass) | forthcoming
- prichádzajúci |
Ash-colored
(gcide) | Ash-colored \Ash"-col`ored\, a.
Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.
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beach-comber
(gcide) | beachcomber \beachcomber\ [Written also beach-comber or {beach
comber}.] (Naut.)
1. A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters
about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of
the Pacific Ocean.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a
Scotchman who was a beach-comber. --F. T.
Bullen.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a vagrant living on a beach.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a person who searches along a beach for objects of value,
such as lost objects or seashells.
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beachcomber
(gcide) | beachcomber \beachcomber\ [Written also beach-comber or {beach
comber}.] (Naut.)
1. A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters
about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of
the Pacific Ocean.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a
Scotchman who was a beach-comber. --F. T.
Bullen.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a vagrant living on a beach.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a person who searches along a beach for objects of value,
such as lost objects or seashells.
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blush-colored
(gcide) | blush-colored \blush-colored\ adj.
rose-colored.
Syn: blushful, rosy.
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blushful blush-colored rosy
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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C3H4OHCO2H3
(gcide) | Citric \Cit"ric\, a. [Cf. F. citrique. See Citron.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as,
citric acid.
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Citric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, C3H4OH.(CO2H)3,
extracted from lemons, currants, gooseberries, etc., as a
white crystalline substance, having a pleasant sour taste.
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C3H6OHCO2H
(gcide) | Oxybutyric \Ox`y*bu*tyr"ic\, a. [Oxy
(b) + butyric.] (Chem.) Hydroxybutyric; designating any one
of a group of metameric acids ((C3H6.OH).CO2H).
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C6H5CHOHCOOH
(gcide) | amygdalic \am`yg*dal"ic\ ([.a]m`[i^]g*d[.a]l"[i^]k [a^]s"[i^]d),
n. (Chem.)
An organic acid (C6H5.CH(OH).COOH) extracted from bitter
almonds; called also mandelic acid and
[alpha]-Hydroxybenzeneacetic acid.
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C6H5NHCOCH3
(gcide) | acetanilide \ac`et*an"i*lide\ ([a^]s`[e^]t*[a^]n"[i^]*l[i^]d),
n. [Acetyl + anilide.] (Med., Chem.)
An amide formed from aniline and an acetyl group
(C6H5.NH.CO.CH3); it is a white crystalline compound used
as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular
weight 135.16. [Written also acetanilid] AS
Syn: phenylacetamide, N-phenylacetamide, antifebrin,
antifebrine, acetylaminobenzene, acetylaniline
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CH3CHOHCO-
(gcide) | Lactyl \Lac"tyl\, n. [Lactic + -yl.] (Chem.)
An organic residue or radical (CH3.CHOH.CO-) derived from
lactic acid.
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earth-colored
(gcide) | earth-colored \earth-colored\ adj.
having the color of soil or earth; reddish or reddish-brown.
Syn: earthlike.
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earth-colored earthlike
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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forthcoming
(gcide) | forthcoming \forth"com`ing\ (f[=o]rth"k[u^]m`[i^]ng or
f[=o]rth`k[u^]m"[i^]ng), a.
1. Ready or about to appear; making appearance.
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2. Candid; frank; not withholding relevant information;
cooperative in providing information.
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3. Having an agreeable and sociable personality; friendly.
[PJC]
4. Available or ready at the time required; as, payment will
be forthcoming on receipt of the goods.
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HCO
(gcide) | Formyl \For"myl\, n. [Formic + -yl.] (Chem.)
(a) A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential
residue of formic acid and aldehyde.
(b) Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3.
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HCOOH
(gcide) | Formic \For"mic\, a. [L. formica an ant: cf. F. formique.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an
extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid;
as, formic ether.
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Amido formic acid, carbamic acid.
Formic acid, a colorless, mobile liquid, HCO.OH, of a
sharp, acid taste, occurring naturally in ants, nettles,
pine needles, etc., and produced artifically in many ways,
as by the oxidation of methyl alcohol, by the reduction of
carbonic acid or the destructive distillation of oxalic
acid. It is the first member of the fatty acids in the
paraffin series, and is homologous with acetic acid.
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High-colored
(gcide) | High-colored \High"-col`ored\, a.
1. Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed. --Shak.
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2. Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence,
exaggerated; as, high-colored description.
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HOC6H4NHCOCH3
(gcide) | acetaminophen \acetaminophen\ n.
1. a white crystalline compound (HO.C6H4.NH.CO.CH3) used as
an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular
weight 151.16. It is the active ingredient in the
commercial analgesics Tylenol and Datril.
Syn: p-hydroxyacetanilide, p-acetamidophenol,
N-acetyl-p-aminophenol, paracetamol,
N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide
Note: It is sold under many trade names, and has been one of
the most popular analgesics in the late 20th century.
It is used in place of aspirin by people in whom
aspirin causes undesirable side effects, such as
stomach irritation or stomach bleeding.
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HOCOCH2CHOHCOOH
(gcide) | Malic \Ma"lic\, a. [L. malum an apple: cf. F. malique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, apples; as, malic acid.
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Malic acid, (Chem.) a hydroxy acid
(HO.CO.CH2.CH(OH).CO.OH) obtained from unripe fruit
(such as green apples, currants, tomatoes or cherries) as
a substance which is sirupy or crystallized with
difficulty, and has a strong but pleasant sour taste. It
is levorotatory or dextrorotatory according to the
temperature and concentration; the natural form is of L-
conformation. A synthetic variety is a derivative of
succinic acid, but as with most simple synthetic
compounds, is a racemic mixture of isomers and thus has no
rotatory action on polarized light.
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HOCOCHCHCOOH
(gcide) | maleic acid \maleic acid\ n. (Chem.)
An unsaturated dicarboxylic acid (HO.CO.CH=CH.CO.OH) of cis
conformation, having various uses in the manufacture of
artificial resins, the dyeing and finishing of wool, silk,
and cotton, and also combined with certain drugs to make
salts more soluble than the basic forms. The corresponding
isomer having trans conformation, is identical in chemical
formula, is called fumaric acid. --MI11
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Match-coat
(gcide) | Match-coat \Match"-coat`\, n.
A coat made of match-cloth.
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-NHCOO-
(gcide) | Polyurethane \Pol"y*ur`eth*ane\, n. (Chem.)
any polymer containing [-NH.CO.O-] linkages; such polymers
are much used as the basis of light but rigid foams for
packaging (
polyurethane foam) and for hard coatings, as on floors.
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patchcord
(gcide) | patchcord \patch"cord\ n.
A conducting cord with a plug at each end, used to make
connections between circuit terminals at a patchboard.
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Peach-colored
(gcide) | Peach-colored \Peach"-col`ored\ (p[=e]ch"k[u^]l`[~e]rd), a.
Of the color of a peach blossom. "Peach-colored satin."
--Shak.
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Pinchcock
(gcide) | Pinchcock \Pinch"cock`\, n.
A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid
through the pipe.
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RCHCHCO-
(gcide) | acrylic \a*cryl"ic\ ([.a]*kr[i^]l"[i^]k), a.
1. (Chem.) Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical
(R.CH:CH.CO-) of which acrolein (H2C:CH.CHO) is the
hydride; as, acrylic acid. The characteristic residue in
an acrylic compound is the carbonyl group attached
directly to an ethylenic carbon.
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2. Of or pertaining to a derivative of acrylic acid, or an
object consisting mostly of an acrylic resin; as, an
acrylic window.
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Southcottian
(gcide) | Southcottian \South*cot"ti*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman
who, professing to have received a miraculous calling,
preached and prophesied, and committed many impious
absurdities.
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Spatchcock
(gcide) | Spatchcock \Spatch"cock`\, n.
See Spitchcock.
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Spitchcock
(gcide) | Spitchcock \Spitch"cock`\, v. t. [1st spit + cock.] (Cookery)
To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in
hot fat.
[1913 Webster]Spitchcock \Spitch"cock`\, n. (Cookery)
An eel split and broiled.
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Spitchcocked
(gcide) | Spitchcocked \Spitch"cocked`\, a. (Cookery)
Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of
eels.
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