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.