cleaning cleansing cleanup | the act of making something clean, he gave his shoes a good cleaning |
dry cleaning | the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water |
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 |
cleaning implement cleaning device cleaning equipment | any of a large class of implements used for cleaning |
cleaning pad | a pad used as a cleaning implement |
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 |
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 |
acid head | someone who takes LSD |
charwoman char cleaning woman cleaning lady woman | a human female employed to do housework, the char will clean the carpet, I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write |
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 |
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 |
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 |
chlorous acid | (HClO) a strongly oxidizing acid, known only in solution |
monobasic acid | an acid containing only one replaceable hydrogen atom per molecule |
dibasic acid | an acid containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule |
tribasic acid | an acid containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule |
tetrabasic acid | an acid containing four replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule |
fulminic acid | (CNOH) an unstable acid occurring mainly in the form of explosive salts and esters that is isomeric with cyanic acid |
gamma acid | a crystalline acid used to make azo dyes |
hexanedioic acid adipic acid | a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon |
hydrazoic acid azoimide hydrogen azide HN | a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling |
hydriodic acid | (HI) a colorless or yellow aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide, hydriodic acid is a strong acid |
hydrocyanic acid prussic acid | a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water, weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds |