| cephalexin | (noun) a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribed for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract | Synonyms: Keflex, Keflin, Keftab |
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| chalet | (noun) a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style | - |
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| haleness | (noun) a state of robust good health | Synonyms: wholeness |
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| haler | (noun) 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic | Synonyms: heller |
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| (noun) 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia | Synonyms: heller |
| inhaler | (noun) a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion | Synonyms: inhalator |
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| naphthalene | (noun) a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs | - |
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| narwhale | (noun) small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk | Synonyms: Monodon monoceros, narwal, narwhal |
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| phenolphthalein | (noun) a laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid-base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below pH 8 | - |
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| resorcinolphthalein | (noun) a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) | Synonyms: fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye |
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| shale | (noun) a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay | - |
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| sphalerite | (noun) an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form | Synonyms: blende, zinc blende |
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| whale | (noun) any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head | - |
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| (noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | Synonyms: giant, heavyweight, hulk |
| whaleboat | (noun) a long narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas | - |
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| whalebone | (noun) a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets | Synonyms: baleen |
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| whaler | (noun) a ship engaged in whale fishing | Synonyms: whaling ship |
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| (noun) a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales | - |
| whalesucker | (noun) large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins | Synonyms: Remilegia australis, whale sucker |
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