nickel-iron battery nickel-iron accumulator | a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide, each cell gives about . volts |
chrome red | a red pigment used in paints, basic lead chromate |
chrome green | a brilliant green color |
nickel | a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar |
nickel nickel note | five dollars worth of a drug, a nickel bag of drugs, a nickel deck of heroin |
nickel Ni atomic number | a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion, used in alloys, occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite |
chrome | another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments |
chrome-nickel steel Elinvar | Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures |
chrome-tungsten steel | a steel alloy made with chromium and tungsten |
chrome green | any of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue |
chrome yellow | any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds |
chrome alum | a violetolored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing |
nickel-base alloy nickel alloy | an alloy whose main constituent is nickel |
nickel bronze | a bronze containing up to % nickel |
nickel silver German silver | a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel |
nickel steel | an alloy steel containing nickel |
chrome | treat with a chromium compound |
nickel-and-dime | accumulate gradually, she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family |
nickel | plate with nickel, nickel the plate |
chrome chromium-plate | plate with chromium, chrome bathroom fixtures |
penny-pinch nickel-and-dime | spend money frugally, spend as little as possible |
nickel-and-dime(a) | low-paying, a nickel-and-dime job |
nickel-and-dime small-time | of minor importance, a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room, a small-time actor |