complementary medicine | the practice of medicine that combines traditional medicine with alternative medicine |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
hacksaw hack saw metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
ingot metal bar block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
metal screw | screw made of metal |
metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
nitrous oxide laughing gas | inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery |
plating metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
complementary color complementary | either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments), yellow and blue are complementaries |
complementary distribution complementation | (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage mintage specie metal money | coins collectively |
complementary angles | two angles whose sum is a right angle |
alloy metal | a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper |
heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
titanium dioxide titanium oxide titanic oxide titania | a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability |
base metal | a metal that is common and not considered precious, lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals |
terbium metal | a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium |
metallic element metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
noble metal | any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation |
barium monoxide barium oxide barium protoxide | an oxide of barium, a whitish toxic powder |
periclase magnesia magnesium oxide | a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase, a source of magnesium |
road metal | broken rock used for repairing or making roads |
alkali metal alkaline metal | any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium), the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline |
alkaline earth alkaline-earth metal | any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) |
fusible metal | an alloy with a low melting point and used as solder and in safety plugs and sprinkler fuses |
pot metal | an alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots |
Monel metal Monell metal | an alloy of nickel and copper and other metals (such as iron and or manganese and or aluminum) |
type metal | an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type |
white metal bearing metal | an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings |
alpha-beta brass Muntz metal yellow metal | a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass, used in making castings and hot-worked products |
heavy water deuterium oxide | water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors |
nitrogen oxide | any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials, present in car exhausts |
nitric oxide | a poisonous red-brown gas (NO) |
arsenic arsenic trioxide arsenous anhydride arsenous oxide white arsenic ratsbane | a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic, used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer |
Babbitt metal babbitt | an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony, a lining for bearings that reduces friction |
bell metal | bronze with or parts copper to part tin, used in making bells |
Britannia metal | an alloy similar to pewter |
calcium oxide quicklime lime calx calcined lime fluxing lime unslaked lime burnt lime | a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide |
pot metal | cast iron used for making cooking wares |
cheoplastic metal | any alloy that fuses at low temperatures and can be used molding artificial teeth |
complementary DNA cDNA | single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase |