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ulmin
(gcide) | Humin \Hu"min\, n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.)
A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted
from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids
on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also {humic
acid}, ulmin, gein, ulmic or geic acid, etc.
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Ulmin
(gcide) | Ulmin \Ul"min\, n. [L. ulmus an elm: cf. F. ulmine.] (Chem.)
A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf.
Humin. [Formerly written ulmine.]
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culminate
(mass) | culminate
- vrcholiť, kulminovať |
culminating
(mass) | culminating
- kulminujúci |
kulminovať
(msas) | kulminovať
- culminate |
kulminujúci
(msas) | kulminujúci
- culminating |
kulminovat
(msasasci) | kulminovat
- culminate |
kulminujuci
(msasasci) | kulminujuci
- culminating |
culminate
(encz) | culminate,kulminovat v: Zdeněk Brožculminate,vrcholit v: Zdeněk Brož |
culminated
(encz) | culminated,kulminoval v: Zdeněk Brožculminated,vrcholil v: Zdeněk Brož |
culminating
(encz) | culminating,kulminující Jaroslav Šedivý |
culmination
(encz) | culmination,kulminace n: Zdeněk Brožculmination,vrchol n: Zdeněk Brož |
fulminant
(encz) | fulminant,výbušný Jaroslav Šedivý |
fulminate
(encz) | fulminate,ostře kritizovat Zdeněk Brož |
fulminate of mercury
(encz) | fulminate of mercury, n: |
fulminating
(encz) | fulminating,horlení n: Zdeněk Brož |
fulminating mercury
(encz) | fulminating mercury, n: |
fulmination
(encz) | fulmination,prokletí n: Zdeněk Brožfulmination,slovní hrozba n: Zdeněk Brož |
fulminic acid
(encz) | fulminic acid, n: |
mercury fulminate
(encz) | mercury fulminate, n: |
kulminace
(czen) | kulminace,culminationn: Zdeněk Brožkulminace,flashpointn: Zdeněk Brož |
kulminoval
(czen) | kulminoval,culminatedv: Zdeněk Brož |
kulminovat
(czen) | kulminovat,culminatev: Zdeněk Brož |
kulminující
(czen) | kulminující,culminating Jaroslav Šedivý |
Arhopalus fulminans
(gcide) | Thunderbolt \Thun"der*bolt`\, n.
1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity
passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from
the clouds to the earth.
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2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and
effectiveness.
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The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war.
--Dryden.
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3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially,
ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
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He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of
excommunication. --Hakewill.
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4. (Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
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Thunderbolt beetle (Zool.), a long-horned beetle
(Arhopalus fulminans) whose larva bores in the trunk of
oak and chestnut trees. It is brownish and bluish-black,
with W-shaped whitish or silvery markings on the elytra.
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aurum fulminans
(gcide) | Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate,
v. i.] (Chem.)
(a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.
(b) A fulminating powder.
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Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called
also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.
[1913 Webster]Aurum \Au"rum\, n. [L.]
Gold.
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Aurum fulminans (?). See Fulminate.
Aurum mosaicum (?). See Mosaic.
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Aurum fulminans
(gcide) | Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate,
v. i.] (Chem.)
(a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.
(b) A fulminating powder.
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Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called
also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.
[1913 Webster]Aurum \Au"rum\, n. [L.]
Gold.
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Aurum fulminans (?). See Fulminate.
Aurum mosaicum (?). See Mosaic.
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Culminal
(gcide) | Culminal \Cul"mi*nal\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*nal), a.
Pertaining to a culmen.
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Culminant
(gcide) | Culminant \Cul"mi*nant\ (-nant), a.
Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence,
predominant. [R.]
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Culminate
(gcide) | Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See
Column.]
1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the
meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
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As when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. --Milton.
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2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
numbers, etc.
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The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
--Dana.
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The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
--Motley.
[1913 Webster]Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[asl]t), a.
Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; --
applied to the growth of corals. --Dana.
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Culminated
(gcide) | Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See
Column.]
1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the
meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
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As when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. --Milton.
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2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
numbers, etc.
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The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
--Dana.
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The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
--Motley.
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Culminating
(gcide) | Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See
Column.]
1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the
meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
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As when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. --Milton.
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2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
numbers, etc.
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The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
--Dana.
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The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
--Motley.
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Culmination
(gcide) | Culmination \Cul"mi*na"tion\ (k[u^]l`m?-n?"sh?n), n. [Cf.
F.culmination]
1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by
a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
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2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory,
power, etc.
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Fulminant
(gcide) | Fulminant \Ful"mi*nant\, a. [L. fulminans, p. pr. of fulminare
to lighten: cf. F. fulminant.]
Thundering; fulminating. [R.] --Bailey.
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Fulminate
(gcide) | Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, v. t.
1. To cause to explode. --Sprat.
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2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; --
said especially of menaces or censures uttered by
ecclesiastical authority.
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They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees.
--De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate,
v. i.] (Chem.)
(a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.
(b) A fulminating powder.
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Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called
also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.
[1913 Webster]Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fulminated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fulminating.] [L. fulminatus, p. p. of
fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen
thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf.
Fulmine.]
1. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to
detonate; to explode with a violent report.
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2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the
assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
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Fulminate of gold
(gcide) | Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate,
v. i.] (Chem.)
(a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.
(b) A fulminating powder.
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Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called
also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.
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fulminate of mercury
(gcide) | fulminate of mercury \ful"mi*nate of mer"cu*ry\, n. (Chem.)
The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also
mercury fulminate. It is prepared as gray crystals, and is
used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives,
such as dynamite or TNT.
[PJC]mercury fulminate \mer"cu*ry ful"mi*nate\, n. (Chem.)
The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also
fulminate of mercury. It is an explosive compound prepared
as gray crystals, and is used primarily in detonators for
detonating high explosives, such as dynamite or TNT. It is
sensitive to shock and may be detonated by a blow.
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fulminate of silver
(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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Fulminated
(gcide) | Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fulminated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fulminating.] [L. fulminatus, p. p. of
fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen
thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf.
Fulmine.]
1. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to
detonate; to explode with a violent report.
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2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the
assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
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Fulminating
(gcide) | Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fulminated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fulminating.] [L. fulminatus, p. p. of
fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen
thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf.
Fulmine.]
1. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to
detonate; to explode with a violent report.
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2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the
assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
[1913 Webster]Fulminating \Ful"mi*na"ting\, a.
1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent
manner.
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2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
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Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin.
Fulminating powder (Chem.) any violently explosive powder,
but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric
fulminate.
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fulminating gold
(gcide) | Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate,
v. i.] (Chem.)
(a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.
(b) A fulminating powder.
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Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called
also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.
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Fulminating oil
(gcide) | Fulminating \Ful"mi*na"ting\, a.
1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent
manner.
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2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
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Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin.
Fulminating powder (Chem.) any violently explosive powder,
but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric
fulminate.
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Fulminating powder
(gcide) | Fulminating \Ful"mi*na"ting\, a.
1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent
manner.
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2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
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Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin.
Fulminating powder (Chem.) any violently explosive powder,
but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric
fulminate.
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Fulminating silver
(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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Fulmination
(gcide) | Fulmination \Ful"mi*na`tion\, n. [L. fulminatio a darting of
lightning: cf. F. fulmination.]
1. The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
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2. The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with
authority.
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3. That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement
menace or censure.
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The fulminations from the Vatican were turned into
ridicule. --Ayliffe.
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Fulminatory
(gcide) | Fulminatory \Ful"mi*na*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. fulminatoire.]
Thundering; striking terror. --Cotgrave.
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Fulmine
(gcide) | Fulmine \Ful"mine\, v. i. [F. fulminer. See Fulminate, v.]
To thunder. [Obs.] --Spenser. Milton.
[1913 Webster]Fulmine \Ful"mine\, v. t.
To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with
authority or vehemence.
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She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique. --Tennyson.
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Fulmineous
(gcide) | Fulmineous \Ful*min"e*ous\, a. [L. fulmen thunder.]
Of, or concerning thunder.
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Fulminic acid
(gcide) | Fulmiaic \Ful*mia"ic\, a. [Cf. F. fulminique.]
Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.),
pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called;
as, fulminic acid.
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Fulminic acid (Chem.), a complex acid, H2C2N2O2, isomeric
with cyanic and cyanuric acids, and not known in the free
state, but forming a large class of highly explosive
salts, the fulminates. Of these, mercuric fulminate, the
most common, is used, mixed with niter, to fill percussion
caps, charge cartridges, etc. Fulminic acid is made by the
action of nitric acid on alcohol.
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Fulminuric
(gcide) | Fulminuric \Ful"mi*nu"ric\, a. [Fulminic + cyanuric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to fulminic and cyanuric acids, and designating an
acid so called.
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Fulminuric acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, explosive
substance, H3C3N3O3, forming well known salts, and
obtained from the fulminates. It is isomeric with cyanuric
acid, and hence is also called isocyanuric acid.
[1913 Webster]Isocyanuric \I`so*cy`a*nu"ric\, a. [Iso- + cyanuric.] (Chem.)
Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric
acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under
Fulminuric.
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fulminuric
(gcide) | Fulminuric \Ful"mi*nu"ric\, a. [Fulminic + cyanuric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to fulminic and cyanuric acids, and designating an
acid so called.
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Fulminuric acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, explosive
substance, H3C3N3O3, forming well known salts, and
obtained from the fulminates. It is isomeric with cyanuric
acid, and hence is also called isocyanuric acid.
[1913 Webster]Isocyanuric \I`so*cy`a*nu"ric\, a. [Iso- + cyanuric.] (Chem.)
Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric
acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under
Fulminuric.
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Fulminuric acid
(gcide) | Fulminuric \Ful"mi*nu"ric\, a. [Fulminic + cyanuric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to fulminic and cyanuric acids, and designating an
acid so called.
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Fulminuric acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, explosive
substance, H3C3N3O3, forming well known salts, and
obtained from the fulminates. It is isomeric with cyanuric
acid, and hence is also called isocyanuric acid.
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mercury fulminate
(gcide) | fulminate of mercury \ful"mi*nate of mer"cu*ry\, n. (Chem.)
The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also
mercury fulminate. It is prepared as gray crystals, and is
used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives,
such as dynamite or TNT.
[PJC]mercury fulminate \mer"cu*ry ful"mi*nate\, n. (Chem.)
The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also
fulminate of mercury. It is an explosive compound prepared
as gray crystals, and is used primarily in detonators for
detonating high explosives, such as dynamite or TNT. It is
sensitive to shock and may be detonated by a blow.
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Moon-culminating
(gcide) | Moon-culminating \Moon"-cul"mi*na`ting\, a.
Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same
time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of
certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris
(as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in
connection with the moon at culmination, for determining
terrestrial longitude.
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Sacchulmin
(gcide) | Sacchulmin \Sac*chul"min\, n. (Chem.)
An amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid,
and produced together with it.
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ulmin
(gcide) | Humin \Hu"min\, n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.)
A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted
from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids
on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also {humic
acid}, ulmin, gein, ulmic or geic acid, etc.
[1913 Webster]Ulmin \Ul"min\, n. [L. ulmus an elm: cf. F. ulmine.] (Chem.)
A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf.
Humin. [Formerly written ulmine.]
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ulmine
(gcide) | Ulmin \Ul"min\, n. [L. ulmus an elm: cf. F. ulmine.] (Chem.)
A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf.
Humin. [Formerly written ulmine.]
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culminate
(wn) | culminate
v 1: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The
meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" [syn: culminate,
climax]
2: bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated
pointillism"
3: reach the highest or most decisive point
4: reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial
body
5: rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a
crest" |
culmination
(wn) | culmination
n 1: a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a
culmination of centuries of development" [syn: apogee,
culmination]
2: (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above
an observer's horizon
3: the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene
is the climax of the play" [syn: climax, culmination]
4: a concluding action [syn: completion, culmination,
closing, windup, mop up] |
fulminant
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adj 1: sudden and severe; "fulminant pain"; "fulminant fever" |
fulminate
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n 1: a salt or ester of fulminic acid
v 1: criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans'
plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social
policies" [syn: fulminate, rail]
2: come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated"
3: cause to explode violently and with loud noise |
fulminate of mercury
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n 1: a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or
heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion
caps [syn: mercury fulminate, fulminate of mercury,
fulminating mercury] |
fulminating mercury
(wn) | fulminating mercury
n 1: a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or
heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion
caps [syn: mercury fulminate, fulminate of mercury,
fulminating mercury] |
fulmination
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n 1: thunderous verbal attack [syn: fulmination, diatribe]
2: the act of exploding with noise and violence; "his
fulminations frightened the horses" |
fulminic acid
(wn) | fulminic acid
n 1: (CNOH) an unstable acid occurring mainly in the form of
explosive salts and esters that is isomeric with cyanic
acid |
jupiter fulminator
(wn) | Jupiter Fulminator
n 1: an epithet for Jupiter [syn: Jupiter Fulgur, {Jupiter
Fulminator}, Lightning Hurler] |
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