c acid
back breaker
battery-acid
dose dot
Elvis
loony toons
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
pane superman
window pane
Zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
aspirin
acetylsalicylic acid
Bayer
Empirin
St. Joseph | the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid, used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form, used as an antipyretic, slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets |
barbital
veronal
barbitone
diethylbarbituric acid
diethylmalonylurea | a barbiturate used as a hypnotic |
bicycle
bike
wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
ethacrynic acid
Edecrin | diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema |
ibuprofen
isobutylphenyl propionic acid
Advil
Motrin
Nuprin | a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic, daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach |
K
jet super acid
special K
honey oil
green
cat valium
super C | street names for ketamine |
lead-acid battery
lead-acid accumulator | a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte, each cell generates about volts |
lysergic acid diethylamide
LSD | a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid |
mefenamic acid
Ponstel | a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug (trade name Ponstel) used to treat mild pain (especially menstrual cramps) |
nalidixic acid
NegGram | antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections |
pedicab
cycle rickshaw | a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling), used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire, boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs |
valproic acid
Depokene | anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures |
gastric juice
gastric acid | digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase |
| acid test | a rigorous or crucial appraisal |
psychedelic rock
acid rock | a musical style that emerged in the s, rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience |
| cycle of rebirth | (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms |
| cycle oscillation | a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon, a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons |
| cardiac cycle | the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next, an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles, the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram |
Carnot cycle
Carnot's ideal cycle | a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat |
| cycle | a periodically repeated sequence of events, a cycle of reprisal and retaliation |
business cycle
trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
| cycle | a series of poems or songs on the same theme, Schubert's song cycles |
| acid head | someone who takes LSD |
food web
food cycle | (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains |
| life cycle | a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage |
acid-base equilibrium
acid-base balance | (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body, with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline |
| 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 |
Krebs cycle
Krebs citric acid cycle
citric acid cycle
tricarboxylic acid cycle | in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy |
| life cycle | the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced |
| nitrogen cycle | the circulation of nitrogen, nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil |
vicious circle
vicious cycle | one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first |
| acid value | (chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize it, as the glycerides in fat slowly decompose the acid value increases |
acid rain
acid precipitation | rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water |
alkapton
alcapton
homogentisic acid | an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine |
| domoic acid | a neurotoxin that is deadly for humans, found in various marine algae |
acetic acid
ethanoic acid | a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals |
amino acid
aminoalkanoic acid | organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group, proteins are composed of various proportions of aboutcommon amino acids |
| aspartic acid | a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and occurring naturally in sugar beets and sugar cane |
| essential amino acid | an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize, must be supplied in the diet |
gamma aminobutyric acid
GABA | an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system, acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter |
glutamic acid
glutaminic acid | an amino acid occurring in proteins, important in the nitrogen metabolism of plants, used in monosodium glutamate to enhance the flavor of meats |
| iodoamino acid | an amino acid with iodine added |
| acid | any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt |
| acid-base indicator | an indicator that changes color on going from acidic to basic solutions |
| alpha-linolenic acid | a polyunsaturated fatty acid with carbon atoms, the only omega- fatty acid found in vegetable products, it is most abundant in canola oil, a fatty acid essential for nutrition |
| arsenic acid | an acid formed from arsenic pentoxide |
cerotic acid
hexacosanoic acid | a white solid fatty acid found in waxes (such as beeswax) |
| chloric acid | (HClO) a strong unstable acid with an acrid odor found in chlorate salts |