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Mescaline

Definition: Mescaline

Mescaline

Noun

1. The hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons.

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Specialty Definitions: Mescaline

DomainDefinitions

Health

Hallucinogenic alkaloid isolated from the flowering heads (peyote) of Lophophora (formerly Anhalonium) williamsii, a Mexican cactus used in Indian religious rites and as an experimental psychotomimetic. Among its cellular effects are agonist actions at some types of serotonin receptors. It has no accepted therapeutic uses although it is legal for religious use by members of the Native American Church. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Mescaline

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Mescaline (C11H17NO3, 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine hydrochloride is also effective)) is a hallucinogenic drug and entheogen. It is either extracted from the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii or Anhalonium lewinii), the San Pedro cactus (Trichocereus pachanoi), the Peruvian Torch (Trichocereus peruvianus) or created synthetically (from 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde, nitromethane, cyclohexylamine and acetic acid, initially) forming white crystals. Effective dosage is 200-400mg (3.75 mg/kg) with the effects lasting for up to twelve hours.

Extract from peyote it was used in religious ceremonies from the earliest human contact, notably by the Huichols in Mexico. Because of this mescaline has become the standard against which other compounds are compared. There are four natural analogues of mescaline which are also used. It was first isolated and identified in 1897 by the German Arthur Heffter and first synthesized in 1919. In the US it was made illegal in 1970 by the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act.


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Synonym: Mescaline

Synonym: peyote (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Mescaline

DomainUsage

Screenplays

It's called mescaline, it's the only way to fly. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

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Commercial Usage: Mescaline

DomainTitle

Books

  • Miserable Miracle: LA Mescaline (reference)

  • Miserable Miracle: Mescaline (New York Review Books Classics) (reference)

  • Peyote & Mescaline (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mescaline

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Health

Chemically, MDMA is similar to the stimulant amphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline. (references)

It is considered the typical hallucinogen, and the characteristics of its action and effects described in this Research Report apply to the other hallucinogens, including mescaline, psilocybin, and ibogaine. (references)

These plants contain chemical compounds, such as mescaline, psilocybin, and ibogaine, that are structurally similar to serotonin, and they produce their effects by disrupting normal functioning of the serotonin system. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Mescaline

"Mescaline" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mescaline" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%6143,867

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Expression: Mescaline

Expression using "mescaline": mescaline buttons. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mescaline

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mescaline

217

effects mescaline

7

mescaline receptors

4

mescaline cactus

4

mescaline picture

4

mescaline and peyote

3

extraction mescaline

3

film mescaline trip

2

mescaline drug

2

experience mescaline

2
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Modern Translations: Mescaline

Language Translations for "mescaline"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

meskalin. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

mescaline. (various references)

   

French

  

mezcaline, mescaline, triméthoxy-3,4,5 phenéthylamine. (various references)

   

German

  

Meskalin (mescalin). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μεσκαλίνη. (various references)

   

Italian

  

mescalina, 3,4,5-trimetossi-fenetilamina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

escalinemay

   

Portuguese

  

mescalina. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mescalina. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

meskalin. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

мескалін. (various references)

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Derivations & Misspellings: Mescaline

Derivations

Words beginning with "mescaline": mescalines. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Mescaline" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: escalonia, Maclayne, Masaliev, mecaline, mesacline, mescalin, mescalina, mescalline, mesclun, messaien, Messalina, misaline, muscadine, Nsekalije. (additional references)

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Rhyming with "Mescaline"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "mescaline" (pronounced me"skulē'n)
4-u l ē' nacetylene, aniline, ethylene, gasoline, Magdalene, methylene, naphthalene, opaline, polyethylene, polypropylene, tourmaline.

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Anagrams: Mescaline

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-m-n-s"

-1 letter: melanics, meniscal, salience.

-2 letters: amnesic, cinemas, cleanse, enamels, enlaces, inlaces, license, malices, malines, mealies, meanies, melanic, menaces, menials, sanicle, scalene, scaleni, selenic, seminal, silence.

-3 letters: aliens, alines, amices, amines, aneles, anemic, animes, camels, camise, casein, cinema, claims, cleans, climes, clines, elains, elemis, emails, enamel, encase, enemas, enisle, enlace, ensile, iceman, icemen, incase, inlace.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-m-n-s"
 

+1 letter: centesimal, lambencies, lemniscate, mescalines.

 

+2 letters: ceremonials, colemanites, lemniscates, manchineels, mesalliance, miscellanea.

 

+3 letters: ambivalences, amicableness, clamminesses, displacement, maleficences, mantelpieces, melancholies, mesalliances, miscellanies, mischanneled, misplacement.

 

+4 letters: ceremonialism, ceremonialist, complacencies, comradeliness, credentialism, displacements, ecumenicalism, mecamylamines, mercurialness, mesencephalic, miscellaneous, mischannelled, misplacements, multivalences, semiporcelain.

 

+5 letters: amicablenesses, catecholamines, ceremonialisms, ceremonialists, cholestyramine, compatibleness, contemplatives, credentialisms, cumulativeness, decriminalizes, ecumenicalisms, exceptionalism, hypermasculine, incrementalism, incrementalist, indecomposable, interlacements, intermetallics, laryngectomies, magniloquences, methodicalness, neurochemicals, penicillamines, pinealectomies, reminiscential, semicentennial, semiporcelains, supermasculine.

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Alternative Orthography: Mescaline


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 65 73 63 61 6C 69 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .    ...    -.-.    .-    .-..    ..    -.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100101 01110011 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#101 &#115 &#99 &#97 &#108 &#105 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0065 0073 0063 0061 006C 0069 006E 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

477185696778758071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
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Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;
乌克兰, for Ukranian;