| ethyl chloride | a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic |
| zinc ointment | an ointment containing zinc that is used to treat certain skin diseases |
| zinc deficiency | a deficiency caused by inadequate zinc in the diet or by liver disease or cystic fibrosis or other diseases |
polyvinyl chloride
PVC | a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables |
zinc
Zn
atomic number | a bluish-white lustrous metallic element, brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated, used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron, it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende |
sodium chloride
common salt | a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl) |
ammonium chloride
sal ammoniac | a white salt used in dry cells |
methylene blue
methylthionine chloride | a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning |
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 |
acetyl chloride
ethanoyl chloride | colorless liquid acyl chloride (CHCOCl) that has a pungent odor |
potassium chloride
potassium muriate
potash muriate
K-Dur
Kaochlor
K-lor
Klorvess
K-lyte | salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur , Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte), taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency |
| hydrogen chloride | a colorless corrosive gas (HCl) |
| calcium chloride | a deliquescent salt, used in de-icing and as a drying agent |
mercuric chloride
mercury chloride
bichloride of mercury
corrosive sublimate | a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury, used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative |
calomel
mercurous chloride | a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic |
| chloride | any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion) |
| chloride | any compound containing a chlorine atom |
aluminum chloride
aluminium chloride | a chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst |
methylene chloride
dichloromethane | a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant |
| obidoxime chloride | a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX |
| silver chloride | a chloride used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions |
| stannic chloride | a colorless caustic liquid made by treating tin with chlorine |
| zinc cadmium sulfide | cadmium sulfide containing zinc |
zinc blende
blende
sphalerite | an ore that is the chief source of zinc, consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form |
zinc oxide
flowers of zinc
philosopher's wool
philosophers' wool | oxide of zinc, a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment |
zinc sulfate
zinc sulphate
white vitriol
zinc vitriol | a colorless water-soluble powder, used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc |
zinc sulfide
zinc sulphide | a yellow to white crystalline fluorescent compound that occurs naturally as sphalerite or wurtzite and is used as a luminous pigment |
zinc white
Chinese white | a white pigment used in house paints, consists of zinc oxide |
| zinc | coat or cover with zinc |