English Words: C

43,570 words · Page 84 of 872

carboceramicadj

Made of a composite material consisting of both carbon and ceramic, used in brakes and proppants in grinding and fracking.

carbocernaitenoun

An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, carbon, cerium, oxygen, sodium, and strontium.

carbochemicaladj

Relating to carbochemistry

carbochemistrynoun

The chemistry of carbon, especially the chemical transformation of coal into industrially useful materials

carbochlorinationnoun

Reaction with carbon and chlorine, either as the elements or as phosgene

carbocisteinenoun

A mucolytic that reduces the viscosity of sputum.

carbocyclenoun

The system of hydrocarbon rings in a specific class of compounds.

carbocyclicadj

describing a ring, all of whose atoms are carbon

carbocyclizationnoun

Any cyclization reaction in which a heteroatom is replaced by one of carbon

carbocyclizationsnoun

plural of carbocyclization

carbogennoun

A mixture of carbon dioxide and oxygen gas.

carbogenatedadj

Synonym of carbonated.

carbogenicadj

Describing any complex, poorly-characterised organic compounds, derived from others by loss of various elements (especially hydrogen and oxygen), that are mostly carbon

carbohelicenenoun

Any helicene that is not a heterohelicene

carboheterocyclicadj

heterocyclic with one of the atoms being carbon

carbohydratenoun

A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.

carbohæmianoun

Accumulation of wasteful elements of carbon or mere carbon inside blood.

carboiritenoun

A mineral containing iron, aluminum, oxygen and hydrogen that is found in southern France.

carbokentbrooksitenoun

A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellow mineral containing calcium, carbon, cerium, chlorine, hydrogen, lanthanum, manganese, neodymium, niobium, oxygen, potassium, praeseodymium, silicon, sodium, strontium, titanium, yttrium, and zirconium.

carbolatenoun

Any salt of carbolic acid

carbolfuchsinnoun

A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.

carbolicadj

of, relating to or containing carbolic acid

carbolic acidnoun

phenol (C₆H₅OH)

carbolicallyadv

With carbolic acid.

carbolitenoun

A phenol formaldehyde resin analogous to Bakelite used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union

carbolizeverb

To wash or treat with carbolic acid; to phenolize.

Carboloynoun

A composite material consisting of tungsten carbide particles cemented into a cobalt or nickel binder, notable for its hardness and heat-resistance, used e.g. in cutters and machine tools.

carbolurianoun

The presence of carbolic acid (phenol) in the urine

carbometalatenoun

An anion or compound containing carbon and one or metal atoms, where the amount of carbon exceeds the amount of metal.

carbometallationnoun

An addition reaction in which an organometallic compound is added across a double bond or triple bond.

carbometernoun

An instrument used to estimate the carbon content of steel by measuring its magnetic properties

carbomonoxyhaemoglobinnoun

Alternative spelling of carbomonoxyhemoglobin.

carbomonoxyhemoglobinnoun

Synonym of carboxyhemoglobin.

carbomorphnoun

An electrically conducting plastic sheet from which electronic circuits can be printed.

carbomycinnoun

A crystalline macrolide antibiotic with the molecular formula C₄₂H₆₇NO₁₆, derived from the bacterium Streptomyces halstedii.

carbonnoun

The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.

carbon budgetnoun

The maximum cumulative amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions compatible with a given global-warming target (e.g., 1.5 °C), for a stated probability and from a stated baseline date.

carbon capturenoun

A set of technologies designed to capture emissions of carbon dioxide from sources like power plants and industrial facilities before they enter the atmosphere.

carbon copynoun

A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.

carbon costnoun

Synonym of carbon footprint.

Carbon Countyname

One of 56 counties in Montana, United States. County seat: Red Lodge.

carbon dioxidenoun

The normal oxide of carbon, CO₂; a colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis.

carbon dioxide-equivalentnoun

A unit of measure of global warming potential denoting the mass of carbon dioxide that would have the same global warming effect as that of a given mass of some other given gas.

carbon fibernoun

A very strong filament made by the pyrolysis of a synthetic fiber such as rayon.

carbon footprintnoun

A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time.

carbon monoxidenoun

A colorless, odorless, flammable, highly toxic gas.

carbon neutralitynoun

The state of being carbon neutral.

carbon numbernoun

The number of carbon atoms in each molecule of a compound.

carbon offsetnoun

A reduction in carbon dioxide emission by a third party purchased by a heavy carbon dioxide producer as part of carbon emissions trading.

Carbon Oilnoun

Distilled petroleum used as lamp oil; early kerosene.

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