cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
T. rex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiː ɹɛks/
Forms: form: T. rexes
form: T. Rex
form: T-rex
form: T-Rex
form: T.-rex
form: T.-Rex
Senses: examples: text: Juvenile T. rexes were light and agile before they leveled up into the adults we’re more familiar with. (The physical discrepancies between younger and older T. rexes can be so vast that experts have argued over whether certain specimens are different species altogether, rather than different ages.)
ref: 2021 February 25, Cara Giaimo, “The Outsized Influence of Teen T. Rex and Other Young Dinosaurs”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Abbreviation of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Derived terms: Rexy
millilitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millilitres
form: milliliter
Etymology: From milli- + litre, from French millilitre.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: litre < kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre
text: Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre
text: A smaller mammal such as a dog has a sperm concentration of 300 000 000 per millilitre in an ejaculate of 8 ml in volume. Thus, each ejaculate will contain only 2 400 000 000 (24 × 10⁸).
ref: 2012, Tim Glover, Mating Males: An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 79:
text: One serve of carbohydrates is approximately equal to a slice of bread, a piece of fruit, third of a cup of cooked rice, half a cup of grains, cereals, starchy vegetables or cooked pasta, 200 grams of plain yoghurt, or 300 millilitres of milk.
ref: 2012, Lesley Campbell, Alan L. Rubin, Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies, Australian Edition, page 117:
glosses: A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.
milliliter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milliliters
Etymology: From milli- + liter.
Senses: examples: text: A slurry of 10 grams of powder in 100 milliliters distilled water was carried on a cotton swab and the panels scrubbed until free from waterbreak when rinsed.
ref: 1960, American Electroplaters' Society, Proceedings of the Convention, page 92:
text: The following day, nonattached cells were harvested by centrifugation and resuspended in growth medium at a density of 1 × 10⁷ per milliliter.
ref: 2001 February 2, Richard J. Fisher et al., “Control of Fusion Pore Dynamics During Exocytosis by Munc18”, in Science, volume 291, number 5505, →DOI, pages 875–878:
text: In addition to having a relative with Type 1, people in that subgroup had insulin autoantibody levels equal to or greater than 80 milliunits per milliliter.
ref: 2007 November 20, Aliyah Baruchin, “Twins on a Medical Odyssey After a Diagnosis of Diabetes”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of millilitre.
Derived terms: micromilliliter
blvd.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blvd
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of boulevard.
frwy.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frwys.
form: frwy
Senses: glosses: Initialism of freeway.
proto
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the prefix proto-.
Senses: examples: text: […] he photographed his tenant, the proto male supermodel Matt Collins, for Italian Harper’s Bazaar.
ref: 2007 March 11, Horacio Silva, “Muscle Man”, in New York Times:
glosses: Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something.
proto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protos
Etymology: From the prefix proto-.
Senses: examples: text: […] attending various fabric trade shows across the country and internationally; reviewing protos (prototypes) and strike-offs; approving final designs; and communicating with overseas mills.
ref: 2013, Lisa Springsteel, Becoming a Fashion Designer:
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: A prototype of a design.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A protogen.
MSN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Microsoft Network.
examples: text: M.T. maintains the primary suspect is Stefanie's boyfriend, the couple recently breaking up. Despite other Facebook and MSN messages indicating M.T. had talked with at least three friends about wanting Stefanie dead, she doesn't seem to think suspicion will fall on her as a murderess-once-removed.
ref: 2009 March 10, Rosie DiManno, “Murder reduced to infantile online postings”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2009:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger), an instant messaging client from Microsoft.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
coordinate_terms: BBC
glosses: Initialism of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar, the forward of FC Barcelona between 2014 and 2017.
TVNZ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Television New Zealand: the national state-owned broadcaster of New Zealand.
PS2
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: PSX2
PSY
glosses: Initialism of PlayStation 2.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Misspelling of PS/2.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
software
typography
glosses: Abbreviation of PostScript Level 2.
Related terms: sense: Sony
word: PSX
sense: Sony
word: PSP
sense: Sony
word: PS1
sense: Sony
word: PS3
sense: Sony
word: PS4
sense: Sony
word: PS5
topics: publishing
media
word: PS
topics: publishing
media
word: PS1
topics: publishing
media
word: PS3
topics: publishing
media
word: EPS
un-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌn/
ipa: /an/
Forms: form: on-
Etymology: PIE word
 *né
From Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic *un-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Cognate with Scots un-, on- (“un-”), North Frisian ün-, Saterland Frisian uun-, West Frisian ûn-, on-, Dutch on-, Low German un-, on-, German un-, Danish u-, Swedish o-, Norwegian u-, Icelandic ó-. More distant cognate with Latin in-, Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (whence English a-, modern Greek α- (a-)) and Sanskrit अ- (a-).
Doublet of in- and a-.
Senses: examples: un- + educated → uneducated (“not educated”)
glosses: not
raw_tags: added to adjectives or past participles
examples: un- + conformity → unconformity (“lack of conformity”)
glosses: lack of
raw_tags: added to nouns
examples: un- + conference → unconference
glosses: contrary to traditional norms; unconventional
raw_tags: added to nouns
Synonyms: sense: not
word: a-
sense: not
word: an-
sense: not
word: dys-
sense: not
word: i-
sense: not
word: il-
sense: not
word: im-
sense: not
word: in-
sense: not
word: ir-
sense: not
word: mal-
sense: not
word: non-
un-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌn/
ipa: /an/
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₂énti
From Middle English on-, from Old English on-, ond-, and- (“against, facing, toward; in return, back, without”), from Proto-West Germanic *anda-, from Proto-Germanic *anda-, *andi- (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“across, forth, forward, ahead”), from *h₂énts (“end, limit, forehead”). In some cases the meaning is influenced by un- (“not”, etymology 1).
Senses: examples: text: un- + dress → undress (“to take one's clothes off”)
text: un- + lock → unlock (“to undo the locking of”)
text: Un-cry these tears I cried so many nights
 Un-break my heart
ref: 1996, “Un-Break My Heart”, in Secrets, performed by Toni Braxton:
text: A prefix is an affix that joins to the beginning of another word. Depending on the prefix, it can slightly or significantly alter the meaning of a word. For example, the English prefix “un-” changes a word into its opposite, as from “do” to “undo,” altering its meaning entirely.
ref: 2020 March 14, Lindsay del Valle, “36 Spanish Prefixes That Will Increase Your Vocabulary Times 100!”, in Homeschool Spanish Academy:
glosses: the inverse of a specified action
raw_tags: added to verbs
examples: un- + cage → uncage (“to release from a cage”)
un- + tangle → untangle (“to remove the tangling of”)
glosses: deprive of, release from, free from, remove from, extract from
raw_tags: added to nouns to form verbs
examples: un- + decipher → undecipher
un- + thaw → unthaw
glosses: intensifying a verb that already suggests opposition or removal
Synonyms: sense: opposite
word: anti-
sense: opposite
word: in-
sense: opposite
word: non-
sense: release
word: de-
sense: release
word: dis-
sense: release
word: off-
un-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌn/
ipa: /an/
Etymology: From Latin ūnus.
Senses: examples: text: un- (“1”) + bi- (“2”) + un- (“1”) + -ium (element suffix) → unbiunium (“element 121”)
glosses: Used for the digit one to form temporary names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name.
examples: un- + decillion (“10³³”) → undecillion (“10³⁶”)
un- + vigintillion (“10⁶³”) → unvigintillion (“10⁶⁶”)
glosses: Used to form large numbers as the first in the sequence.
lithium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪθi.əm/
enpr: lĭth'ēəm
Forms: form: lithiums
Etymology: From New Latin lithium, from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + -ium.
Senses: examples: text: The importance of lithium-ion batteries makes lithium a potentially strategic natural resource.
text: Already, beautiful places are being wrecked by an electric vehicle resource rush. Lithium mining, for example, is now poisoning rivers and depleting groundwater from Tibet to Bolivia.
ref: 2019, George Monbiot, “Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out”, in Guardian.:
glosses: The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and atomic weight of 6.94. It is a soft, silvery metal.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
examples: text: It seems like his moods are better since he started taking lithium.
text: There's more: Part of the reason I am so meek is that I stopped taking my lithium a few weeks before. It's not that I have a death wish, and it's not that I'm like Axl Rose and think that lithium makes me less manly (he supposedly stopped taking it after his first wife told him that his dick wasn't as hard as it used to be and that sex with him was lousy;[…]).
ref: 1994, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 4:
text: Lithium has been used as a mood stabiliser for 50 years but its action mechanism is still unclear.
ref: 2008, Barbara Kozier, Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 191:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used as a mood stabiliser to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.
glosses: A lithium battery.
Derived terms: antilithium
butyllithium
dilithio-
dilithium
lithiation
lithio-
lithium-6
lithium-7
lithium acetate
lithium aluminium hydride
lithium aluminohydride
lithium aluminum hydride
lithium amide
lithium battery
lithium borohydride
lithium bromide
lithium carbonate
lithium chloride
lithium citrate
lithium deuteride
lithium diisopropylamide
lithium-drifted silicon detector
lithium economy
lithium fluoride
lithium hexafluorophosphate
lithium hydride
lithium hydroxide
lithium iodide
lithium-ion battery
lithium ion battery
lithiumlike
lithium metaborate
lithium naphthalene
lithium naphthalide
lithium niobate
lithium nitrate
lithium nitride
lithium orotate
lithium oxide
lithium oxybutyrate
lithium perchlorate
lithium peroxide
lithium soap
lithium stearate
lithium sulfate
lithium sulfide
lithium sulphate
lithium sulphide
lithium tantalate
lithium titanate oxide battery
Lithium Triangle
lithium triborate
metalithium
methyllithium
monolithium
nonlithium
organolithium
organo-lithium
phenyllithium
radiolithium
tetralithium
trilithium
vinyllithium
yttrium lithium fluoride
Related terms: -lite
lith-
-lith
lithate
lithiate
lithia
lithian
lithiated
lithic
lithiophilite
lithiophorite
litho-
beryllium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bərĭl'ēəm
ipa: /bəˈɹɪl.i.əm/
Forms: form: berylliums
Etymology: From beryl + -ium, so called because the element is a key component of the mineral beryl.
Senses: glosses: The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
glosses: An atom of this element.
Synonyms: word: glucinium
word: glucinum
Derived terms: berylliferous
beryllium-9
beryllium acetate
beryllium acetylacetonate
beryllium aluminate
beryllium aluminium oxide
beryllium boride
beryllium borohydride
beryllium bromide
beryllium carbide
beryllium chloride
beryllium copper
beryllium fluoride
beryllium formate
beryllium hydroxide
beryllium iodide
berylliumlike
beryllium nitrate
beryllium nitride
beryllium oxide
beryllium sodalite
beryllium sulfate
beryllium sulfide
beryllium sulfite
beryllium sulphate
beryllium sulphide
beryllium sulphite
chronic beryllium disease
diberyllium
radioberyllium
tetraberyllium
Related terms: sense: related terms
word: beryl
sense: related terms
word: beryllia
sense: related terms
word: beryllide
sense: related terms
word: berylline
sense: related terms
word: berylliosis
sense: related terms
word: berylloid
sense: related terms
word: beryllonite
sense: related terms
word: brilliant
word: aquamarine
word: bertrandite
word: bromellite
word: chrysoberyl
word: emerald
word: phenakite
boron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bôr'ŏn
ipa: /ˈbɔːˌɹɒn/
rhymes: -ɔːɹɒn
Forms: form: borons
Etymology: From the stem of borax (boro-) + -on (based on carbon). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy as a modification of his earlier word boracium.
Senses: examples: text: The B₆-type octahedral borons are each bonded to five other boron atoms; four are part of the same octahedron, and one is external to this octahedron.
ref: 1976, Allen M[yron] Alper, editor, Phase Diagrams: Materials Science and Technology (Refractory Materials; 6), New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 106:
text: PIRG noted the European Union has a limit of 300 ppm for boron and that there should be a “full-fledged investigation to determine if limits should be established” in the US.
ref: 2018 November 20, Wayne Drash, “Consumer group warns of ‘dangerous’ slime products and other hazardous toys”, in CNN:
glosses: The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.
examples: text: For each X point, four borons in the same plane composing a B₆ cluster provide these orbitals.
ref: 2001 August 10, J. Akimitsu, K. Takenawa, K. Suzuki, H. Harima, Y. Kuramoto, “High-Temperature Ferromagnetism in CaB₂C₂”, in Science, volume 293, number 5532, →DOI, pages 1125–1127:
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: aluminium boron oxide
borole
boron-10
boron-11
boron arsenide
boronation
boron carbide
boron chloride
boron deficiency
boron fluoride
boron group
boron hydride
boronic
boronic acid
boron iodide
boronlike
boron nitride
boronolectin
boron orthophosphate
boron oxide
boron phosphate
boron phosphide
boron sulfide
boron sulphide
boron tree
boron tribromide
boron trichloride
boron trifluoride
boron triiodide
boron trioxide
boron triphosphide
borophene
boryl
diboron
eka-boron
ekaboron
ferroboron
nonboron
organoboron
radioboron
tetraboron
triethylboron
Related terms: bor-
borane
borate
borax
Borazon
boric
boride
boro-
boruret
kernite
rasorite
tincal
ulexite
fluorine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: flo͝or'ēn′
enpr: -ĭn
ipa: /ˈflʊ(ə)ɹˌin
ipa: -ɪn/
enpr: flôr'ēn′
ipa: /ˈfloɹˌin
Forms: form: fluorines
Etymology: From Latin fluor (“flow”) + -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.
Senses: hypernyms: halogen
glosses: The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
examples: text: an octahedron of fluorines
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Synonyms: word: phthor
Hypernyms: halogen
element
Derived terms: difluorine
flox
Flox
fluo-
fluor-
fluoro-
fluorian
fluoride
fluorinate
fluorination
fluorine-18
fluorine-19
fluorine absorption dating
fluorine dating
fluorinelike
fluorine method
fluorine oxide
fluorine test
nonfluorine
organofluorine
radiofluorine
Related terms: fluor
fluoric
fluorite
fluorene
neon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nē'ŏn
ipa: /ˈni.ɒn/
ipa: /ˈniˌɑn/
rhymes: -iɒn
Forms: form: neons
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. By surface analysis, neo- + -on (suffix used in all noble gases).
Senses: glosses: The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
glosses: A form or sample of the element.
examples: text: Bring a song and a smile for the banjo
Better get while the getting's good
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
Where the neons turn to wood
ref: 1970, “Up Around the Bend”, performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival:
text: Neons and LED lighting can be controlled by remotes.
ref: 2009, Jason Syner, How to Install Automotive Mobile Electronic Systems, page 27:
glosses: Neon signs or lights, collectively.
glosses: A neon tetra fish.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from neon
word: neide
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon-20
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon-21
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon-22
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neoned
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon fish
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon flying squid
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon glow lamp
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neonide
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neonist
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon lamp
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon light
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon lighting
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neonlike
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon sign
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon skimmer
sense: terms derived from neon
word: neon tetra
sense: terms derived from neon
word: radioneon
sense: terms derived from neon
word: variable neon slug
neon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: nē'ŏn
ipa: /ˈni.ɒn/
ipa: /ˈniˌɑn/
rhymes: -iɒn
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. By surface analysis, neo- + -on (suffix used in all noble gases).
Senses: glosses: That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent
raw_tags: of a color
magnesium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măgnē'zēəm
ipa: /ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/
enpr: măgnē'zēəm
ipa: /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/
enpr: măgnē'zhəm
ipa: /ˌmæɡˈniʒəm/
Etymology: From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”), a region in Thessaly. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy, as a modification of his original suggestion, magnium.
Senses: examples: text: 1999, Chapter 1 "Barrens" Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.
text: A sample of carbon removed from the ocean in the solid form of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide from UCLA's SeaChange program -- now known as Equatic -- in 2023.
ref: 2024 April 21, Laura Paddison, “Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags”, in CNN:
related: word: mul:Mg
hypernyms: alkaline earth metal
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metal
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substance#Noun
material#Noun
glosses: The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
Synonyms: word: magnium
Derived terms: butylmagnesium
calcium magnesium carbonate
calcium magnesium silicate
dimagnesium
eumagnesemia
ferromagnesium
heptamagnesium
hexamagnesium
hydromagnesium
mafic
magnesaemia
magnesemia
magnesian
magnesic
magnesium-24
magnesium-25
magnesium-26
magnesium alloy
magnesium aluminate
magnesium aluminium oxide
magnesium aluminum oxide
magnesium aluminium silicate
magnesium aluminum silicate
magnesium carbonate
magnesium caseinate
magnesium chlorate
magnesium chloride
magnesium chlorite
magnesium citrate
magnesium diboride
magnesium diglutamate
magnesium fluoride
magnesium gallate
magnesium hydroxide
magnesium lactate
magnesium lamp
magnesium laureth sulfate
magnesium laureth sulphate
magnesium light
magnesiumlike
magnesium mica
magnesium nitrate
magnesium nitride
magnesium oxide
magnesium perchlorate
magnesium peroxide
magnesium phosphate
magnesium ribbon
magnesium silicate
magnesium stearate
magnesium sulfate
magnesium sulphate
magnesium sulfide
magnesium sulphide
magnesium wire
magnesuria
magniferous
manganoso-magnesium alum
methylmagnesium
nonamagnesium
nonmagnesium
normomagnesemia
organomagnesium
pentamagnesium
potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate
proto-magnesium
radiomagnesium
sesquimagnesium
sima
tetramagnesium
trimagnesium
Related terms: magnalium
magnelium
Magnesia
magnesia
magnesite
magnox
Magnox
mag wheel
artinite
Birmabright
bischofite
brucite
carnallite
deweylite
epsomite
gymnite
kieserite
lansfordite
nesquehonite
nigari
olivine
sellaite
talc
phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fŏsʹfə-rəs
enpr: fŏsʹfrəs
ipa: /ˈfɒs.fə.ɹəs/
ipa: /ˈfɒs.fɹəs/
enpr: fäsʹfər-əs
ipa: /ˈfɑs.fɚ.əs/
homophone: phosphorous
homophone: Phosphorus
Forms: form: phosphoruses
form: phosphori
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phōsphorus, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “the bearer of light”), from φῶς (phôs, “light”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:phosphorus.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:phosphorus.
glosses: any substance exhibiting phosphorescence; a phosphor.
Derived terms: althupite
Baldwin's phosphorus
black phosphorus
Bolognian phosphorus
Bologna phosphorus
Bononian phosphorus
Canton's phosphorus
cuprophosphorus
decaphosphorus
diphosphorus
ferrophosphorus
foss
phos
phoss
fossy
phossy
heptaphosphorus
hexaphosphorus
Hittorf's phosphorus
Homberg's phosphorus
mercurial phosphorus
Montalbano's phosphorus
nonaphosphorus
nonphosphorus
octaphosphorus
organophosphorus
pentaphosphorus
phosphane
phosphonium
phosphorate
phosphorene
phosphorent
phosphoreous
phosphoresce
phosphoriferous
phosphorite
phosphoro-
phosphorolysis
phosphorus-31
phosphorus bottle
phosphorus cachexia
phosphorus chloride
phosphorus cycle
phosphoruslike
phosphorus liver
phosphorus match
phosphorus necrosis
phosphorus oxybromide
phosphorus oxychloride
phosphorus oxynitride
phosphorus paste
phosphorus pentabromide
phosphorus pentachloride
phosphorus pentafluoride
phosphorus pentasulfide
phosphorus pentasulphide
phosphorus pentoxide
phosphorus poisoning
phosphorus sesquisulfide
phosphorus sesquisulphide
phosphorus steel
phosphorus tribromide
phosphorus trichloride
phosphorus trifluoride
phosphorus trihydride
phosphorus triiodide
phosphorus ylide
phosphoryl
phosph-
phospho-
phossy jaw
radiophosphorus
red phosphorus
tetraphosphorus
triphosphorus
violet phosphorus
white phosphorus
yellow phosphorus
Related terms: phosphate
phosphatization
phosphatized
phosphatizing
phosphide
phosphine
phosphite
phosphor
phosphoreal
phosphorial
phosphoresce
phosphorescence
phosphorescent
phosphoretic
phosphorgummite
phosphoric
phosphorise
phosphorize
phosphorism
Phosphorist
phosphorous
phosphor-roesslerite
phosphorrösslerite
phosphoruria
phosphuria
Phosphorus
phosphure
phosphuret
phosphureted
ADP
AMP
ATP
bone-ash
smoking stool syndrome
sulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌl.fə/
enpr: sŭl'fər
ipa: /ˈsʌl.fɚ/
Forms: form: more sulfur
form: most sulfur
form: sulphur
Etymology: From Middle English sulphur, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur, from sulpur itself of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English swefl and largely displaced brimstone.
Senses: glosses: Of a yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
examples: text: On the November morning when the sulfur burps began, Derron Borders was welcoming prospective students at the graduate school where he works in New York. […] Sulfur burps appear to be a somewhat rare side effect of semaglutide, tirzepatide, and other drugs in their class, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists.
ref: 2023 May 2, Rachel Gutman-Wei, “Beware the Ozempic Burp”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Having a characteristic sulfur-like smell, reminiscent of rotten eggs.
sulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌl.fə/
enpr: sŭl'fər
ipa: /ˈsʌl.fɚ/
Forms: form: sulfurs
form: sulfuring
form: sulfured
form: sulfured
form: sulphur
Etymology: From Middle English sulphur, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur, from sulpur itself of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English swefl and largely displaced brimstone.
Senses: glosses: To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests.
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chlorine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: klôʹrēn
ipa: /ˈklɔɹin/
enpr: klôʹrēn
ipa: /ˈklɔːɹiːn/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkʰlorɪn/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkʰlɔrɪn/
note: Indic
ipa: /-in/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiːn
Forms: form: chlorines
Etymology: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1810 from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: When TCCA touches a small amount of water and doesn’t dissolve, “it can experience a chemical reaction, generating heat and causing the decomposition of the chemical, which in turn produces toxic chlorine gas and can produce explosive nitrogen trichloride,” a 2023 report by the CSB said.
ref: 2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: E925
english: when used as a [[food additive]]
translation: when used as a [[food additive]]
hypernyms: halogen
glosses: A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
examples: text: The mechanism involved in the explosive reaction between swimming pool chlorine (calcium hypochlorite) and brake fluid (polyethylene glycol), a possible improvised explosive mixture, has been studied by means of the gaseous products produced.
ref: 1982, Richard Saferstein, editor, Forensic Science Handbook, volume III, Regents/Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 154:
text: Chlorines are useful for disinfecting water and for housekeeping disinfectants.
ref: 1989, Carol Taylor, Carol Lillis, Priscilla LeMone, Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Nursing Care, J. B. Lippincott Company, →ISBN, page 513:
text: Of the chemical solutions, chlorine tablets will kill many pathogens, but not some parasites like giardia and amoebic cysts.
ref: 2000, Frances Linzee Gordon, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Djibouti, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 85:
glosses: A chlorine-based bleach or disinfectant.
Hypernyms: halogen
element
Derived terms: acetachlor
antichlor
antichlore
antichlorine
chloral
chlorane
chlor-
chloro-
chlorian
chloric
chloride
chlorinate
chlorination
chlorine-35
chlorine-36
chlorine-37
chlorine dioxide
chlorine fluoride
chlorineless
chlorinelike
chlorine monofluoride
chlorine oxide
chlorine pentafluoride
chlorine trifluoride
chlorine water
chloriney
chloriniferous
chlorinise
chlorinize
chlorinity
chlorinolysis
chlorinous
chlorite
chloroid
chlorous
chloruret
Clorox
dichlorine
nonchlorine
organochlorine
radiochlorine
Related terms: chlorate
chlorurated
carnallite
halite
sylvite
argon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: är'gŏn
ipa: /ˈɑːɹɡɒn/
Forms: form: argons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness, + -on, used for all noble gases.
Senses: glosses: The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Synonyms: E938 when used as a packaging gas
Derived terms: argide
argon-36
argon-38
argon-40
argonated
argon chloride fluoride
argon chloride hydride
argon fluoride hydride
argon fluorohydride
argon hydrofluoride
argonide
argonium
argonlike
metaargon
meta-argon
metargon
potassium-argon dating
radioargon
calcium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkælsi.əm/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkalʃɪəm/
ipa: /ˈkæl.ʃum/
Forms: form: calciums
Etymology: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from Latin calx (“lime, limestone”) because it occurs in limestone. By surface analysis, calc- + -ium.
Senses: examples: text: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
ref: 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
glosses: The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.
glosses: An atom of this element.
Derived terms: bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
calcaemia
calc-
calci-
calcein
calcemia
calcic
calcio-
calcium-40
calcium-42
calcium-43
calcium-44
calcium-45
calcium-46
calcium-48
calcium acetate
calcium arsenate
calcium benzoate
calcium bilirubinate
calcium cannon
calcium carbide
calcium carbonate
calcium channel blocker
calcium chloride
calcium chromate
calcium copper tetrasilicate
calcium cyanamide
calcium diglutamate
calcium dihydrogen phosphate
calcium dioxide
calcium disodium EDTA
calcium ferrocyanide
calcium fluoride
calcium formate
calcium fumarate
calcium gluconate
calcium guanylate
calcium hydride
calcium hydroxide
calcium hypochlorite
calcium inosinate
calcium lactate
calcium light
calciumlike
calcium magnesium carbonate
calcium magnesium silicate
calcium malate
calcium montmorillonite
calcium-montmorillonite
calcium nitrate
calcium nitride
calcium oxalate
calcium oxide
calcium permanganate
calcium peroxide
calcium phosphate
calcium phosphide
calcium platinate
calcium polyphosphate
calcium propionate
calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease
calcium silicate
calcium sodium polyphosphate
calcium sorbate
calcium sulfate
calcium sulphate
calcium sulfide
calcium sulphide
calcium sulphite
calcium tartrate
calcium tungstate
calcrete
caldesmon
calfluxin
calprotectin
calretinin
calsulfhydryl
cinacalcet
decacalcium
dicalcium
fosamprenavir calcium
heptacalcium
hexacalcium
monocalcium
nonacalcium
noncalcium
octacalcium
organocalcium
oxycalcium
pentacalcium
proto-calcium
radiocalcium
tetracalcium
tricalcium
Related terms: BSCCO
calcia
calcite
calculus
calx
Ca²⁺
chalk
lime
limestone
scandium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: skăn'dēəm
ipa: /ˈskændi.əm/
Etymology: From Scandia + -ium.
Senses: glosses: A metallic chemical element, atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element.
Synonyms: eka-boron
Derived terms: scandium-45
scandium chloride
scandium fluoride
scandium group
scandium iodide
scandium oxide
scandium trichloride
Related terms: scandia
Scandinavia
titanium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tītā'nēəm
ipa: /taɪˈteɪni.əm/
enpr: tĭtā'nēəm
ipa: /tɪˈteɪni.əm/
rhymes: -eɪniəm
Forms: form: titaniums
Etymology: From Latin titanium.
Senses: examples: text: Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI.
ref: 2025 January 15, “FDA moves to eliminate carcinogenic Red 3 from foods”, in Center for Science in the Public Interest:
glosses: A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: cuprotitanium
ferrocarbon titanium
ferrotitanium
manganotitanium
proto-titanium
titanian
titanic
titaniferous
titanious
titanium-46
titanium-47
titanium-48
titanium-49
titanium-50
titanium alloy
titanium aluminide
titanium boride
titanium bromide
titanium carbide
titanium chloride
titanium dichloride
titanium dioxide
titanium group
titanium hydride
titanium isopropoxide
titanium nitride
titanium oxalate
titanium oxide
titanium sand
titanium sponge
titanium suboxide
titanium sulfate
titanium tetrabromide
titanium tetrachloride
titanium tetraiodide
titanium trichloride
titanium trioxide
titanium white
titanoan
Related terms: titanate
titania
titanic
titanite
titanocene
titan-
titano-
anatase
brookite
ilmenite
perovskite
rutile
sphene
vanadium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vənā'dēəm
ipa: /vəˈneɪdi.əm/
Forms: form: vanadiums
Etymology: Mid 19th century, from New Latin vanadium.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Synonyms: alt: name proposed by the mineralogist Andrés Manuel del Río
word: panchromium
english: name proposed by the geologist George William Featherstonhaugh
translation: name proposed by the geologist George William Featherstonhaugh
word: rionium
Derived terms: ferrovanadium
proto-vanadium
vanadate
vanadian
vanadiate
vanadic
vanadinite
vanadious
vanadite
vanadium-50
vanadium-51
vanadium-associated protein
vanadium bromoperoxidase
vanadium bronze
vanadium carbide
vanadium carbonyl
vanadium chloride
vanadium chromagen
vanadium dichloride
vanadium dioxide
vanadium group
vanadium oxide
vanadium oxytrichloride
vanadium pentachloride
vanadium pentoxide
vanadium steel
vanadium sulfide
vanadium sulphide
vanadium tetrachloride
vanadium tetraoxide
vanadium trichloride
vanadium trioxide
vanadium trisulfate
vanadium trisulphate
vanadocyte
vanadous
vanadyl
Related terms: Vanadís
carnotite
patronite
chromium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: krō'mē-əm
ipa: /ˈkɹoʊ.mi.əm/
Forms: form: chromiums
Etymology: From New Latin, from French chrome (from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”)) + -ium. So called because of the striking colors of its compounds.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
Synonyms: english: when used for plating
translation: when used for plating
word: chrome
Derived terms: Chromel
chromiferous
chromium-52
chromium-53
chromium-54
chromium carbide
chromium dioxide
chromium group
chromium oxide
chromium plate
chromium-plated
chromium plating
chromium sesquioxide
chromium trichloride
chromium trifluoride
chromium trioxide
chromo-
chromoly
dichromium
ferrochromium
nonchromium
organochromium
proto-chromium
radiochromium
Related terms: chroma
chromate
chrome
chromic
chromite
chromo-
chromous
panchromium
green rouge
cobalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊ.bɒlt/
ipa: /ˈkəʊ.bɔːlt/
enpr: kō'bôlt
ipa: /ˈkoʊ.bɔlt/
ipa: /ˈkoʊ.bɑlt/
Forms: form: cobalts
Etymology: From German Kobalt, formerly also Kobald, ‑olt, ‑old, ‑elt, ‑el, apparently the same word as Kobold (“goblin”), from Middle High German, which became also a Harz Mountains silver miners’ term for rock laced with arsenic and sulfur, so called because it degraded the ore and made the miners ill. Doublet of kobold.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
examples: text: And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks.
ref: 2025 February 21, Leah Dolan, “How the Superman ‘S’ became fashion’s favorite logo”, in CNN:
glosses: Cobalt blue.
Derived terms: anticobalt
cobalamin
cobalt-60
cobaltamine
cobaltammine
cobaltarthurite
cobaltate
cobaltaustinite
cobalt-bicarbonate method
cobalt-bloom
cobalt blue
cobalt bomb
cobalt-bronze
cobalt chelatase
cobalt cheletase
cobalt chloride
cobalt crust
cobalt dichloride
cobalt difluoride
cobalt fluoride
cobalt-glance
cobalt green
cobalti-
cobaltian
cobaltic
cobaltiferous
cobalt(II) sulfate
cobaltite
cobaltkieserite
cobaltkoritnigite
cobaltlike
cobaltlotharmeyerite
cobalto-
cobaltoan
cobaltocene
cobaltocheletase
cobaltomenite
cobaltous
cobalt oxide
cobalt-pyrites
cobalt red
cobalt-sixty
cobalt-speiss
cobalt therapy
cobalttsumcorite
cobalt ultramarine
cobalt violet
cobalt-vitriol
cobalt yellow
cobamide
cobinamide
dicobalt
earthy cobalt
gray cobalt
grey cobalt
luteocobalt
noncobalt
organocobalt
praseocobalt
purpureocobalt
radiocobalt
red cobalt
samarium-cobalt magnet
silver-white cobalt
telecobalt
tin-white cobalt
tricobalt
Related terms: asbolan
asbolite
erythrite
glaucodot
skutterudite
smaltine
zinc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: zĭngk
ipa: /zɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: zincs
form: zincing
form: zinking
form: zincking
form: zinced
form: zinced
form: zinked
form: zinked
form: zincked
form: zincked
form: zinke
form: zink
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zink, related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko (“prong, tine”), allied to zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Old English tind (“tine, prong”), Middle Low German tinde, Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). See also Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), More at tine. Doublet of zincum.
Senses: synonyms: galvanize#Verb
hypernyms: electroplate#Verb
plate#Verb
<
rustproof#Verb
glosses: To electroplate with zinc.
glosses: To coat with sunblock incorporating zinc oxide.
gallium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: găl'ēəm
ipa: /ˈɡæliəm/
rhymes: -æliəm
Etymology: Named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.
Senses: synonyms: eka-aluminium
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.
wikipedia: Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Derived terms: aluminium gallium arsenide
aluminum gallium arsenide
aluminium gallium nitride
aluminum gallium nitride
copper indium gallium selenide
digallium
gallane
gallian
galliferous
gallium arsenide
gallium arsenide phosphide
gallium citrate
gallium gadolinium garnet
gallium nitrate
gallium nitride
indium gallium nitride
organogallium
radiogallium
triethylgallium
trigallium
trimethylgallium
germanium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jûrmā'nēəm
ipa: /d͡ʒɚˈmeɪni.əm/
rhymes: -eɪniəm
Forms: form: germaniums
Etymology: From Latin Germānia (“Germany”) + -ium.
Senses: examples: text: This equipment, which includes transformers, germanium rectifiers and smoothing apparatus, has been designed to allow the existing electric multiple-unit traction motors to operate on rectified alternating current.
ref: 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. locomotive orders”, in Trains Illustrated, page 118:
text: The isolated disordered regions and the amorphous layer have widely different anneal behavior. In the case of germanium and silicon, the isolated disordered regions anneal at moderate temperatures of approximately 200° and 300° C, respectively. The amorphous layers also anneal in a characteristic fashion, but at appreciably higher temperatures, i.e., at approximately 600° C in silicon and 400° C in germanium.
ref: 1970, James W[alter] Mayer, Lennart Eriksson, John A[rthur] Davies, “General Features of Ion Implantation”, in Ion Implantation in Semiconductors: Silicon and Germanium, New York, N.Y.: Academic Press, →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.
glosses: An atom of this element.
Derived terms: digermanium
germanate
germane
germanene
germanian
germanic
germanide
germaniferous
germanite
germanium antimony telluride
germanium dioxide
germanium diselenide
germanium hydride
germanium tetrachloride
germanium tetrahydride
germanone
germanous
nongermanium
organogermanium
radiogermanium
silicon-germanium
silicon germanium
tetraethylgermanium
Related terms: germane
germanomethane
monogermane
argyrodite
ekasilicon
arsenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ).sə.nɪk/
enpr: ärʹsən-ĭk
ipa: /ˈɑɹsənɪk/
Forms: form: arsenics
form: arsenick
Etymology: From Middle English arsenik, borrowed from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Aramaic 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zrnykʾ /⁠zarnīḵā⁠/)), from Middle Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian زرنیخ (zirnīx /zernix, zarnīx /zarnix, “arsenic”), زرنی (zurnī /zorni), Bakhtiari زرنیق (zarniq)), from Old Median *zaraniyakā (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y /⁠daraniya-⁠⁠⁠/, “gold”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (híraṇya, “gold”), Persian زر (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. More at yellow.
Senses: examples: text: CSPI says the Trump Administration could take steps to protect consumers from each of these chemicals and support FDA’s broader post-market assessment efforts. It could ensure that FDA sets health-protective limits on heavy metals, like lead, arsenic, and cadmium, in foods consumed by children.
ref: 2025 January 15, “FDA moves to eliminate carcinogenic Red 3 from foods”, in Center for Science in the Public Interest:
glosses: A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
glosses: Arsenic trioxide.
Derived terms: antimonial arsenic
armangite
arsane
arsanilic
arsenate
arsenene
arsenetted
arsenian
arseniate
arseniated
arsenicane
arsenicate
arsenicated
arsenic bloom
arsenic diiodide
arsenic dioxide
arsenic diphosphide
arsenic disulfide
arsenic disulphide
arsenic glass
arsenic hemiselenide
arsenicised
arsenicized
arsenicism
arsenicite
arsenicize
arsenic monophosphide
arsenic monoxide
arsenic monoxide monochloride
arsenicophagy
arsenic oxybromide
arsenic oxychloride
arsenic pentachloride
arsenic pentafluoride
arsenic pentaoxide
arsenic pentaselenide
arsenic pentasulfide
arsenic pentoxide
arsenic sesquioxide
arsenic tetrachloride fluoride
arsenic tetraoxide
arsenic tetrasulfide
arsenic tribromide
arsenic trichloride
arsenic trifluoride
arsenic trihydride
arsenic triiodide
arsenic trioxide
arsenic triphosphide
arsenic triselenide
arsenic trisulfide
arsenic trisulphide
arsenide
arseniferous
arsenious
arsenite
arseniuret
arseno-
arsenoan
arsenous
arsine
arsole
arsonium
butter of arsenic
diarsenic
flowers of arsenic
iridarsenite
iron arsenic sulfide
melarsoprol
native arsenic
nickel arsenic sulfide
organoarsenic
pentaarsenic
platarsite
pyroarsenic
radioarsenic
red arsenic
sulfide of arsenic
sulphide of arsenic
sulphoarsenic
tetraarsenic
triarsenic
trihydride of arsenic
white arsenic
white arsenic oxide
yellow arsenic
Related terms: arsenical
arsenicosis
arsenicum album
arsenous
arsphenamine
neoarsphenamine
neosalvarsan
sulfarsin
sulpharsin
arsenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛnɪk/
enpr: är-sĕnʹĭk
ipa: /ɑɹˈsɛnɪk/
Forms: form: arsenick
Etymology: From Middle English arsenik, borrowed from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Aramaic 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zrnykʾ /⁠zarnīḵā⁠/)), from Middle Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian زرنیخ (zirnīx /zernix, zarnīx /zarnix, “arsenic”), زرنی (zurnī /zorni), Bakhtiari زرنیق (zarniq)), from Old Median *zaraniyakā (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y /⁠daraniya-⁠⁠⁠/, “gold”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (híraṇya, “gold”), Persian زر (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. More at yellow.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 5.
Derived terms: arsenic acid
arsenic anhydride
arsenic sulphide
pyroarsenic
sulfarsenic acid
sulpharsenic acid
sulfoarsenic acid
sulphoarsenic acid
sulphoarsenic
Related terms: aqua Tofana
arsenious
auri pigmentum
cobaltite
erythrite
Fowler’s solution
king’s yellow
Marsh test
mimetite
mispickel
orpiment
Paris green
realgar
red orpiment
ruby sulfur
ruby sulphur
thorin
selenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭlēn′ēəm
enpr: səlēn′ēəm
ipa: /sɪˈliːni.əm/
ipa: /səˈliːni.əm/
rhymes: -iːniəm
Forms: form: seleniums
Etymology: From French sélénium, the name coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1818 from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) in reference to original confusion with the similar element tellurium.
Senses: examples: text: Pluck almost any cell from your body and it will have a million or more selenium atoms in it.
ref: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 4:
hypernyms: chalcogen
glosses: A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: hydroselenic acid
metallic selenium
selane
selen-
selenate
seleniate
selenic acid
selenide
seleniferous
selenio-
seleno-
selenious acid
selenite
selenium cell
selenium dioxide
selenium eye
selenium hexafluoride
selenium hydride
selenium oxide
selenium sulfide
selenium sulphide
selenium yeast
seleniuretted
selenous
selenyl