Carbon
(n.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen |
Drop
(n.) The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass |
Drop
(n.) That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop |
Drop
(n.) Same as Gutta. |
Drop
(n.) Any small pendent ornament. |
Drop
(n.) Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position |
Drop
(n.) A door or platform opening downward |
Drop
(n.) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck. |
Drop
(n.) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet. |
Drop
(n.) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc. |
Drop
(n.) A drop press or drop hammer. |
Drop
(n.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. |
Drop
(n.) Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops |
Drop
(n.) The depth of a square sail |
Drop
(n.) Act of dropping |
Drop
(n.) To pour or let fall in drops |
Drop
(n.) To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop |
Drop
(n.) To let go |
Drop
(n.) To bestow or communicate by a suggestion |
Drop
(n.) To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc. |
Drop
(n.) To send, as a letter |
Drop
(n.) To give birth to |
Drop
(n.) To cover with drops |
Drop
(v. i.) To fall in drops. |
Drop
(v. i.) To fall, in general, literally or figuratively |
Drop
(v. i.) To let drops fall |
Drop
(v. i.) To fall dead, or to fall in death. |
Drop
(v. i.) To come to an end |
Drop
(v. i.) To come unexpectedly |
Drop
(v. i.) To fall or be depressed |
Drop
(v. i.) To fall short of a mark. |
Drop
(v. i.) To be deep in extent |
Electro-metallurgy
(n.) The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping |
Elimination
(n.) The act of expelling or throwing off |
Elimination
(n.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories. |
Elimination
(n.) Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation |
Elimination
(n.) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating |
Metallurgy
(n.) The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them |
Rupert's drop
() A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken |
| elimination liquidation | the murder of a competitor |
| drop | the act of dropping something, they expected the drop would be successful |
| elimination riddance | the act of removing or getting rid of something |
| elimination | the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations |
drop shot
dink | a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net |
eyedrop
eye-drop | a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists |
radiocarbon dating
carbon dating
carbon- dating | a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-, believed to be reliable up to , years |
carbon
carbon copy | a copy made with carbon paper |
carbon arc lamp
carbon arc | has carbon electrodes |
centerboard
centreboard
drop keel
sliding keel | a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward |
| drop | a central depository where things can be left or picked up |
| drop arch | a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span |
| drop cloth | a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted |
drop curtain
drop cloth
drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies, often used as background scenery |
drop forge
drop hammer
drop press | device for making large forgings |
| drop-leaf | a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket |
| drop-leaf table | a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface |
pendant earring
drop earring
eardrop | an earring with a pendant ornament |
tetrachlorethylene
tetrachloroethylene
ethylene tetrachloride
carbon dichloride | anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes |
| voltage drop | a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing |
drop
dip
fall
free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
elimination
reasoning by elimination | analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives |
| metallurgy | the science and technology of metals |
| powder metallurgy | the metallurgy of powdered metals, how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering |
dropline
drop line
stepped line
stagger head
staggered head
stephead | a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right |
| drop-down menu | a menu of options that appears below the item when the computer user clicks on it |
| carbon process | a process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment |
decrease
lessening
drop-off | a change downward, there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided, there was a sharp drop-off in sales |
drop
fall | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity, it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height |
| elimination tournament | a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds |
| lemon drop | a hard candy with lemon flavor and a yellow color and (usually) the shape of a lemon |
cough drop
troche
pastille
pastil | a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat |
drop scone
griddlecake Scotch pancake | a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle |
| drop biscuit | biscuit made from dough with enough milk that it can be dropped from a spoon |
| drop | a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) |
| dead drop | a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information, a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time |
drop zone
dropping zone | an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops |
cliff
drop
drop-off | a steep high face of rock, he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town, a steep drop |
electric potential
potential
potential difference
potential drop
voltage | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
dropseed
drop-seed | a grass of the genus Sporobolus |
| drop-off charge | a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented |
| carbon cycle | a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars |
| carbon cycle | the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again |
elimination
evacuation
excretion
excreting
voiding | the bodily process of discharging waste matter |
| elimination reaction | a chemical reaction in which a molecule decomposes to two different molecules |
slump
slack
drop-off
falloff
falling off | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality, the team went into a slump, a gradual slack in output, a drop-off in attendance, a falloff in quality |
drop
drib
driblet | a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid), he had a drop too much to drink, a drop of each sample was analyzed, there is not a drop of pity in that man, years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet--Kipling |
eyedrop
eye-drop | a drop from an eye dropper |
drop
bead
pearl | a shape that is spherical and small, he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops, beads of sweat on his forehead |
respiratory acidosis
carbon dioxide acidosis | acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia), excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood |