aerosol | (noun) a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas) | Synonyms: aerosol bomb, aerosol can, aerosol container, spray can |
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(noun) a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas | - |
cortisol | (noun) an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism | Synonyms: Cortef, hydrocortisone, Hydrocortone |
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creosol | (noun) a colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote | - |
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cresol | (noun) any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant | Synonyms: methyl phenol |
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cytosol | (noun) the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended | - |
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entresol | (noun) intermediate floor just above the ground floor | Synonyms: mezzanine, mezzanine floor |
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girasol | (noun) tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers | Synonyms: Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower |
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(noun) an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors | Synonyms: fire opal |
hydrosol | (noun) a sol (colloid) in which the continuous phase is water. | - |
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mirasol | (noun) annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America | Synonyms: common sunflower, Helianthus annuus |
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parasol | (noun) a handheld collapsible source of shade | Synonyms: sunshade |
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podsol | (noun) a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer | Synonyms: podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil |
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regosol | (noun) a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand | - |
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sol | (noun) the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization | Synonyms: so, soh |
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(noun) a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid | Synonyms: colloidal solution, colloidal suspension |