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Word Meanings - -OL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as carbinol, glycerol, etc.

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  • CARBINOL
    Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.
  • DENOTEMENT
    Sign; indication. Note: A word found in some editions of Shakespeare.
  • SERIES DYNAMO
    A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others.
  • SERIES MOTOR
    A series-wound motor. A motor capable of being used in a series circuit.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • DENOTE
    1. To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour. The better to denote her to the doctor. Shak. 2. To be the sign of; to betoken;
  • HYDROXYL
    A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.
  • SUFFIX
    A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a. (more info) 1. A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.
  • SERIES
    Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. (more info) together; cf. Gr.
  • HYDROXYLAMINE
    A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • SERIES TURNS
    The turns in a series circuit.
  • SUBSTANCE
    See 2 (more info) 1. That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real,
  • DENOTATION
    The marking off or separation of anything. Hammond.
  • DENOTATE
    To mark off; to denote. These terms denotate a longer time. Burton. What things should be denotated and signified by the color. Urquhart.
  • DENOTATIVE
    Having power to denote; designating or marking off. Proper names are preƫminently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. Latham.
  • DENOTABLE
    Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.
  • SUFFIXION
    The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed.
  • SUFFIXMENT
    Suffixion. Earle.
  • DENOTIVE
    Serving to denote.
  • ADENOTOMIC
    Pertaining to adenotomy.
  • SCHWANN'S WHITE SUBSTANCE
    The substance of the medullary sheath.
  • ADENOTOMY
    Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.

 

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