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 preëminently 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.