To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. contamination noun (n.) The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates. creaming noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cream creaminess noun (n.)...
A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion. paraxylene noun (n.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series obtained as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is one of the three ...
Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church. noun (n.) A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fe. ...
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH DANY (According to last letters): Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (any) - English Words That Ends with any: angelophany noun (n.) The actual appearance of an angel to man. any noun (a. & pron.) One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one...
verb(v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. sambukenoun(n.) An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown...
The process of taking such pictures. verb (v. t.) To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture. verb (v. t.) To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly. damage noun (n.) Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted ...
but is chiefly obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It is very inflammable, and is an ingredient of coal gas and water gas. It is standard of chemical equivalents or combining weights, and also of valence, being the typical monad. Symbol H. ...
danalitenoun(n.) A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur. danburitenoun(n.) A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form. ...