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.