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Word Meanings - PERCARBIDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A compound containing a relatively large amount of carbon.

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  • CARBON STEEL
    Steel deriving its qualities from carbon chiefly, without the presence of other alloying elements; --opposed to alloy steel.
  • CARBONATATION
    The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. Knight.
  • CARBONIDE
    A carbide.
  • CONTAINMENT
    That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
  • COMPOUNDER
    A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a
  • COMPOUNDABLE
    That may be compounded.
  • COMPOUND CONTROL
    A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.
  • RELATIVELY
    In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively. I. Watts.
  • CARBONARISM
    The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.
  • CONTAINANT
    A container.
  • CARBONIZATION
    The act or process of carbonizing.
  • LARGE-ACRED
    Possessing much land.
  • CARBONATED
    Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.
  • CARBONITE
    An explosive consisting essentially of nitroglycerin, wood meal, and some nitrate, as that of sodium. 2. An explosive composed of nitrobenzene, saltpeter, sulphur, and kieselguhr.
  • CARBON TRANSMITTER
    A telephone transmitter in which a carbon contact is used.
  • CARBON PROCESS
    A printing process depending on the effect of light on bichromatized gelatin. Paper coated with a mixture of the gelatin and a pigment is called carbon paper or carbon tissue. This is exposed under a negative and the film is transferred from the
  • CONTAINABLE
    Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
  • LARGE-HANDED
    Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.
  • LARGE-HEARTED
    Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.
  • AMOUNT
    L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F. amont up the river. See 1. To go up; to ascend. So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. Spenser. 2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come in the aggregate or
  • MONOCARBONIC
    Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid.
  • HYDROCARBON
    A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives. Hydrocarbon burner, furnace, stove, a burner, furnace, or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.
  • SUBCARBONIFEROUS
    Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone. -- n.
  • ENLARGEMENT
    1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
  • DECARBONIZER
    He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
  • SULPHOCARBONIC
    Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (called also thiocarbonic acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonic acid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odor, and forming salts.
  • FOOL-LARGESSE
    Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer.
  • DECARBONIZE
    To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron. -- Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.
  • DECARBONATE
    To deprive of carbonic acid.
  • SELF-CONTAINED
    Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
  • DECARBONIZATION
    The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.

 

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