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Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite. Graphitic acid , an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called mellitic acid. -- Graphitic carbon, in iron or steel, that portion of

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Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite. Graphitic acid , an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called mellitic acid. -- Graphitic carbon, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbon which is present as graphite. Raymond.

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• CALLOSUM
  The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
• CARBON STEEL
  Steel deriving its qualities from carbon chiefly, without the presence of other alloying elements; --opposed to alloy steel.
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• STEELING
  The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.
• CALLE
  A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
• CARBONATATION
  The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. Knight.
• DERIVATIVE
  Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. Derivative circulation, a modification of the circulation found
• STEELHEAD
  A North Pacific salmon found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil.
• STEELINESS
  The quality of being steely.
• ORGANICALNESS
  The quality or state of being organic.
• CARBONIDE
  A carbide.
• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• PORTIONIST
  One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars. (more info) 1. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. Shipley.
• OBTAINABLE
  Capable of being obtained.
• CALL
  callen, AS. ceallin; akin to Icel & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen 1. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain Shak. 2. To summon to the discharge of a particular
• GRAPHITIC
  Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite. Graphitic acid , an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called mellitic acid. -- Graphitic carbon, in iron or steel, that portion of
• CALLIOPE
  The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses. (more info) beautiful) +
• CALLOT
  A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson.
• CALLIGRAPHIC; CALLIGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.
• CALLOSE
  Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• GYMNASTICALLY
  In a gymnastic manner.
• UNSTEEL
  To disarm; to soften. Richardson.
• IMPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportionate.
• HYPERCRITICALLY
  In a hypercritical manner.
• SCALLION
  A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc.
• UNEMPIRICALLY
  Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
• MONOCARBONIC
  Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid.
• UNIVOCALLY
  In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin Bp. Hall.
• 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.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• PARABOLICALLY
  1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner. 2. In the form of a parabola.