Word Meanings - URETHANE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A white crystalline substance, NH2.CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type.
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- WHITECAP
The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head. The European tree sparrow. 2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening. - WHITE-FRONTED
Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow. - WHITE FLY
Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder. - ETHYLIN
Any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin. - WHITESTER
A bleacher of lines; a whitener; a whitster. - PRODUCIBILITY
The quality or state of being producible. Barrow. - WHITE-HEART
A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. - RELATIONSHIP
The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason. - WHITESIDE
The golden-eye. - SUBSTANCE
To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. - PROPER
Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good. - WHITE-EAR
The wheatear. - SERIES DYNAMO
A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others. - WHITEBLOW
See WHITLOW - PRODUCEMENT
Production. - AMMONIATED
Combined or impregnated with ammonia. - WHITEWING
The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing. The velvet duck. - WHITEWALL
The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts. - WHITE MUSTARD
A kind of mustard with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pale seeds, which yield mustard and mustard oil. The plant is also grown for forage. - ACTION
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of - PRELATIST
One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume. I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. T. Scott. - HYPNOTIC
1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific. 2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition. - HEPPELWHITE
Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co. - PRELATISM
Prelacy; episcopacy. - REACTIONIST
A reactionary. C. Kingsley. - PRELATIZE
To bring under the influence of prelacy. Palfrey. - MISRELATION
Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall. - SEMICRYSTALLINE
Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter. - IMPROPERLY
In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly. - MADEFACTION; MADEFICATION
The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. Bacon.