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Carbolic Acid

Definition: Carbolic Acid

Carbolic Acid

Noun

1. A toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally.

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Specialty Definitions: Carbolic Acid

DomainDefinitions

Mining

White; crystalline; deliquescent; C6 H5 OH; a burning taste; and an odor resembling that of creosote. Contained in the heavy oil of coal tar, from which it is distilled at between 165 degrees C and 190 degrees C. It is a caustic poison. Antidotes are epsom salts, alcohol, andheat. See also:phenol. (references)

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Synonyms: Carbolic Acid

Synonyms: hydroxybenzene (n), oxybenzene (n), phenol (n), phenylic acid (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Carbolic Acid

English words defined with "carbolic acid": carbolated, Carbolic, Carbolize, CreosolGlacial acid, Glacial phenolPhenyl hydrateSalicylic. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Carbolic Acid

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

carbolic acid

22
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Modern Translations: Carbolic Acid

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

Albanian

  

acid fenik. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

karbolihappo. (various references)

   

German

  

Carbolsäure, karbolsäure, karbol (carbolic). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καρβολικό οξύ, φαινικό οξύ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

karbolsav (creosote, phenol), fenol (hydroxybenzene, phenol). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

石炭酸 (phenol). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せきた"さ" (phenol). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arboliccay aciday

   

Russian 

  

карболовый кислота, карболовая кислота (knock-out drops, phenol). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ácido carbólico. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

karbolsyra (carbolic). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

asit fenik (phenylic acid). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Carbolic Acid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-c-d-i-i-l-o-r"

-4 letters: biocidal, biracial, biradial, braciola, carbolic, coccidia, diabolic.

-5 letters: acaroid, accidia, baldric, boracic, cabildo, caloric, carabid, caracol, cardiac, carioca, carload, ciboria, codicil, cordial, cricoid, labroid, oilbird, radical.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Carbolic Acid


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

43 61 72 62 6F 6C 69 63      41 63 69 64

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

    

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

01000011 01100001 01110010 01100010 01101111 01101100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000001 01100011 01101001 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#114 &#98 &#111 &#108 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#65 &#99 &#105 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0072 0062 006F 006C 0069 0063      0041 0063 0069 0064

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

3767846881787569235697570

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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