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 |
efflorescence bloom | a powdery deposit on a surface |
flower bloom blossom | reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts |
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 |
blooming bloom | the organic process of bearing flowers, you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed |
bloom blush flush rosiness | a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health |
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 |
erythrite cobalt bloom | a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass, usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic |
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 |
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 |
bloom bloom of youth salad days | the best time of youth |
flower prime peak heyday bloom blossom efflorescence flush | the period of greatest prosperity or productivity |
bloom blossom flower | produce or yield flowers, The cherry tree bloomed |
nickel-and-dime | accumulate gradually, she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family |
nickel | plate with nickel, nickel the plate |
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 |