Borrelia burgdorferi
Lime disease spirochete | cause of Lyme disease, transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes |
sarcasm
irony satire
caustic remark | witty language used to convey insults or scorn, he used sarcasm to upset his opponent, irony is wasted on the stupid, Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own--Jonathan Swift |
| lime | the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees |
| key lime | small yellow-green limes of southern Florida |
genip
Spanish lime | round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp, eaten like grapes |
| lime juice | usually freshly squeezed juice of limes |
linden
linden tree
basswood
lime lime tree | any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers, several yield valuable timber |
American basswood
American lime
Tilia americana | large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown |
small-leaved linden
small-leaved lime
Tilia cordata | large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves, often cultivated as an ornamental |
Japanese linden
Japanese lime
Tilia japonica | medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental |
silver lime
silver linden
Tilia tomentosa | large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side, widely cultivated as an ornamental |
rangpur
rangpur lime
lemanderin
Citrus limonia | hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel |
sweet lemon
sweet lime
Citrus limetta | lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp |
| lime lime tree Citrus aurantifolia | any of various related trees bearing limes |
Spanish lime
Spanish lime tree
honey berry
mamoncillo
genip
ginep
Melicocca bijuga
Melicocca bijugatus | tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp |
birdlime
lime | a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds |
bleaching powder
chlorinated lime
chloride of lime | a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and
or disinfect |
calcium oxide
quicklime
lime calx
calcined lime
fluxing lime
unslaked lime
burnt lime | a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide |
calcium hydroxide
lime
slaked lime
hydrated lime
calcium hydrate
caustic lime
lime hydrate | a caustic substance produced by heating limestone |
potash
caustic potash
potassium hydroxide | a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry |
| lunar caustic | silver nitrate fused into sticks and formerly used as a caustic |
| caustic | any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue |
sodium hydroxide
caustic soda | a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds |
| soda lime | a mixture of sodium and calcium hydroxides, absorbs liquids and gases |
| lime | cover with lime so as to induce growth, lime the lawn |
birdlime
lime | spread birdlime on branches to catch birds |
caustic
corrosive
erosive vitriolic
mordant | of a substance, especially a strong acid, capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action |
b acerb
acerbic
acid
acrid
bitter
blistering
caustic
sulfurous
sulphurous
virulent
vitriolic ba | harsh or corrosive in tone, an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose, a barrage of acid comments, her acrid remarks make her many enemies, bitter words, blistering criticism, caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics, a sulfurous denunciation, a vitriolic critique |