Mannide | n. [ Mannite + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mannish | a. [ Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc. ] 1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Man"nish*ly pos>adv. -- Man"nish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mannitan | n. [ Mannite + anhydrite. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mannitate | n. (Chem.) A salt of mannitic acid. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mannite | n. 1. Same as mannitol. [ PJC ] 2. (Bot.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mannitic | a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannitol. [ 1913 Webster ] Mannitic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, intermediate between saccharic acid and mannitol, and obtained by the partial oxidation of the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]
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mannitol | n. [ Mannite + -ol. ] 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline hexose (HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite. It is used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. It is also used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin. Syn. -- D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] |
Mannitose | n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose. [ 1913 Webster ] |
男女 | [だんじょ(P);なんにょ, danjo (P); nannyo] (n) (1) masculine (mannish) woman; (2) feminine (effeminate) man; (3) intersexual; hermaphrodite #2,069 [Add to Longdo] |
マニッシュ | [manisshu] (adj-na) mannish [Add to Longdo] |
マニッシュルック | [manisshurukku] (n) mannish look [Add to Longdo] |
マニトール | [manito-ru] (n) mannitol (artificial sweetener) [Add to Longdo] |
リーマン幾何学 | [リーマンきかがく, ri-man kikagaku] (n) Riemannian geometry [Add to Longdo] |
ワイスマン説 | [ワイスマンせつ, waisuman setsu] (n) Weismannism [Add to Longdo] |
数百万に及ぶ | [すうひゃくまんにおよぶ, suuhyakumannioyobu] (exp, v5b) to reach (range) into the millions [Add to Longdo] |
雛の錫杖 | [ひなのしゃくじょう;ヒナノシャクジョウ, hinanoshakujou ; hinanoshakujou] (n) (uk) Burmannia championii (species of flowering plant) [Add to Longdo] |
男勝り | [おとこまさり, otokomasari] (adj-na, n, adj-no) (of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish [Add to Longdo] |
配乗 | [はいじょう, haijou] (n, vs) manning (e.g. vessel) [Add to Longdo] |