calomel | (noun) a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic | Synonyms: mercurous chloride |
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calorie | (noun) unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure | Synonyms: gram calorie, small calorie |
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calorimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat | - |
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calorimetry | (noun) measurement of quantities of heat | - |
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calorisator | (noun) an apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion. | Synonyms: calorizator |
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calorizator | (noun) an apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion. | Synonyms: calorisator |
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calosoma | (noun) any beetle of the genus Calosoma | - |
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kilocalorie | (noun) a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food | Synonyms: Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie |
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