mixtures (noun)

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• dolly mixtures — plural noun Brit. a mixture of small variously shaped and coloured sweets …   English new terms dictionary

• Greek fire — noun a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted • Hypernyms: ↑mixture, ↑weapon, ↑arm, ↑weapon system * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized G 1. : an incendiary composition used in warfare by… …   Useful english dictionary

• chrome green — noun 1. any of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue • Hypernyms: ↑pigment • Hyponyms: ↑Windsor green 2. a brilliant green color • Hypernyms: ↑green, ↑greenness, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Kentucky bluegrass — noun valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures • Syn: ↑Kentucky blue, ↑Kentucy blue grass, ↑June grass, ↑Poa… …   Useful english dictionary

• paraffin — noun Etymology: German, from Latin parum too little (akin to Greek pauros little, paid , pais child) + affinis bordering on more at few, affinity Date: 1838 1. a. a waxy crystalline flammable substance obtained especially from distillates of wood …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• stuffed tomato — noun 1. tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold • Syn: ↑cold stuffed tomato • Hypernyms: ↑dish 2. tomato cases filled with various mixtures and baked briefly • Syn: ↑hot stuffed tomato …   Useful english dictionary

• partition chromatography — noun : a process for the separation of mixtures in columns or on filter paper based on partition of a solute between two solvents one of which is immobilized by the substance in the column or by the paper * * * partition chromatography, the… …   Useful english dictionary

• chemical warfare — noun warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy • Syn: ↑chemical operations • Hypernyms: ↑war, ↑warfare * * * noun : warfare in which incendiary mixtures, smokes, or irritant, burning, or asphyxiating gases are …   Useful english dictionary

• mixed bag — noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things a great assortment of cars was on display he had a variety of disorders a veritable smorgasbord of religions • Syn: ↑assortment, ↑mixture, ↑miscellany, ↑miscellanea, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• snake oil — noun 1. (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless (Freq. 1) • Topics: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty • Hypernyms: ↑liquid 2. communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive …   Useful english dictionary

• amyl alcohol — noun a mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis • Hypernyms: ↑alcohol * * * noun 1. : pentyl alcohol 2. : either of two commercially produced mixtures of pentyl alcohols used chiefly in making esters and… …   Useful english dictionary