All English words - page 732

Meanings of Carbolics:

noun

Phenol, especially when used as a disinfectant.

Usage examples:

As a butcher and farmer, garrett would have handled carbolic acid regularly as a disinfectant.

Meanings of Carbolised:

adjective

Impregnated, treated, or disinfected with carbolic acid.

Meanings of Carbolized:

adjective

Impregnated, treated, or disinfected with carbolic acid.

Meanings of Carbolizing:

verb

To impregnate, treat, or disinfect with carbolic acid.

Meanings of Carbon-copy:

noun

An exact copy of something

Usage examples:

Fig. the girl is a carbon copy of her mother (= they are very similar).

Meanings of Carbona:

noun

A large, irregular mass of tin ore, typically found adjacent to a main lode.

Meanings of Carbonade:

noun

A stew typically made of beef braised with beer and onions, and associated with belgium.

verb

Carbonado.

Meanings of Carbonarism:

noun

The political principles of the carbonari, or (in extended use) of similar revolutionists.

Meanings of Carbonatation:

noun

In industrial processes: the reaction of lime and carbon dioxide to form calcium carbonate; specifically (in beet sugar manufacture) the addition of calcium hydroxide followed by carbon dioxide to the raw sugar solution in order to remove impurities in a precipitate of calcium carbonate.

Meanings of Carbonated:

adjective

(of a soft drink) effervescent on account of containing dissolved carbon dioxide.

Usage examples:

It has a very strong position in australia, with 60% of the carbonated soft drinks market.

verb

Dissolve carbon dioxide in (a liquid).

Meanings of Carbonating:

verb

Dissolve carbon dioxide in (a liquid).

Usage examples:

Some bottled water is carbonated and is called sparkling water.

noun

A salt of the anion co₃²⁻, typically by reaction with carbon dioxide.

Usage examples:

The reaction with carbonates gives the nitrate salt, water, and carbon dioxide.

Meanings of Carbonator:

noun

An apparatus or piece of equipment used for carbonation.

Meanings of Carbonators:

noun

An apparatus or piece of equipment used for carbonation.

Meanings of Carbonic:

adjective

Relating to carbon or its compounds, especially carbon dioxide.

Usage examples:

In the middle layer are whole grapes surrounded by juice, and only on the top layer are whole grape…

Meanings of Carboniferous:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the fifth period of the palaeozoic era, between the devonian and permian periods.

Usage examples:

Carboniferous plants in europe show little trace of strong seasonal growth

noun

The fifth period of the palaeozoic era, or the system of rocks deposited during it.

Usage examples:

Fossilized ferns abound in the fossil record from the carboniferous

Meanings of Carbonify:

verb

To reduce to carbon; to convert into coal or charcoal.

Meanings of Carbonisable:

adjective

That can be carbonized.

Meanings of Carbonisation:

noun

The process of changing or being changed into carbon, by burning, heating, or during fossilization (= the process of being preserved in rock over a long period)

Usage examples:

Blackening or charring is carbonization, and makes your steak taste like charcoal, so avoid it., so…

Meanings of Carbonise:

verb

Convert or be converted into carbon or charcoal, typically by heating or burning or during fossilization.

Usage examples:

The process occurs when trees are carbonized by intensely hot forest fires

Meanings of Carbonised:

adjective

Converted into carbon or charcoal, typically by heating or burning or during fossilization.

Usage examples:

Carbonized foodstuffs discovered during excavations at the ancient town of herculaneum

Meanings of Carbonising:

verb

Convert or be converted into carbon or charcoal, typically by heating or burning or during fossilization.

Usage examples:

The process occurs when trees are carbonized by intensely hot forest fires

Meanings of Carbonite:

noun

A natural coke-like material, typically formed by the action of igneous intrusions on bituminous coal deposits.

Meanings of Carbonitride:

noun

A compound of carbon and nitrogen with another element, typically a metal.

Meanings of Carbonizable:

adjective

That can be carbonized.

Meanings of Carbonization:

noun

The process of changing or being changed into carbon, by burning, heating, or during fossilization (= the process of being preserved in rock over a long period)

Usage examples:

Blackening or charring is carbonization, and makes your steak taste like charcoal, so avoid it., so…