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n. 1. a white crystalline compound (HO.C6H4.NH.CO.CH3) used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular weight 151.16. It is the active ingredient in the commercial analgesics Tylenol and Datril.
Syn. -- p-hydroxyacetanilide, p-acetamidophenol, N-acetyl-p-aminophenol, paracetamol, N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide It is sold under many trade names, and has been one of the most popular analgesics in the late 20th century. It is used in place of aspirin by people in whom aspirin causes undesirable side effects, such as stomach irritation or stomach bleeding. [ PJC ]

n. 1. 1 a natural family comprising the wood swallows.
Syn. -- family Artamidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. attaminare; ad + root of tangere. See Contaminate. ] To corrupt; to defile; to contaminate. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. OSp. ayuntar to join. ] In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Catamitus, an old form of Ganymedes Ganymede, Gr. Ganymh`dhs. ] A boy kept for unnatural purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being contaminated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Contaminated p. pr. & vb. n. Contaminating ] [ L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact. ] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall we now
Contaminate our figures with base bribes? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. Goldsmith.

Syn. -- To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. “Contaminate drink.” Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. containing undesired or infective microorganisms.
Syn. -- dirty, infected. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. rendered impure by addition of deleterious substances; as, had to boil the contaminated water.
Syn. -- polluted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 1 (Computers) damaged by inclusion of incorrect data or information not belonging; as, The file was contaminated by a buggy editor.
Syn. -- corrupted. [ PJC ]

4. appearing unethical due to a questionable source or motives; -- of money or activities; as, The fund was contaminated by a large donation from a mobster.
Syn. -- tainted. [ PJC ]

adj. spreading contamination; especially radioactive contamination. clean
Syn. -- dirty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. causing moral or behavioral degredation. the contaminating influence of violent movies
Syn. -- corrupting. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. contaminatio. ] The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or liable to contaminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To remove contamination or contaminants from, by a cleansing process; -- usually used of radioactive, infectious, or toxic materials; as, to decontaminate clothing worn by persons with infective disease; decontaminate an area of PCB's after explosion of a transformer. [ PJC ]

n. The removal of contaminants; as, the decontamination of a room after a spill of radioactive materials. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ F. ] A café, or room in a café, in which smoking is allowed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. élamine. ] A light textile fabric, like a fine bunting. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gluten + -amic. ] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to gluten. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glutamic acid, a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; -- called also amido-glutaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incontaminatus. See In- not, and not, and Contaminate. ] Not contaminated; pure. Moore. -- In`con*tam"i*nate*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. intaminatus. See Contaminate. ] Uncontaminated. [ Obs. ] Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lactic + amide. ] (Chem.) An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines but to avoid the drug laws, but now a controlled substance. Called also MDMA.
Syn. -- MDMA, Adam, ecstasy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ n. Also }. [ L. argentum silver + E. amine. ] (Med.) A solution of silver phosphate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
Syn. -- acetanilide, acetanilid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; river. ] (Zool.) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. prw^tos first. ] (Physiol. Chem.) An amorphous nitrogenous substance found in the spermatic fluid of salmon. It is soluble in water, which an alkaline reaction, and unites with acids and metallic bases. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. scitamineosus, fr. Scitamineae, fr. L. scitamentum a delicacy, dainty. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. estamine, F. étamine, LL. staminea, stamineum, fr. L. stamineus consisting of threads, fr. stamen a thread. See Stamen, and cf. Stamineous, 2d Stammel, Tamine. ] A kind of woolen cloth. [ Written also stamine. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Stamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. 1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State. [ 1913 Webster ]

He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: The power of endurance; the ability to withstand fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. staminal. ] Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. staminatus consisting of threads, fr. stamen thread: cf. F. staminé. ] (Bot.) (a) Furnished with stamens; producing stamens. (b) Having stamens, but lacking pistils. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To indue with stamina. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. stamineus, from stamen thread. ] 1. Consisting of stamens or threads. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Stamen + -ferous. ] Bearing or having stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A staminodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Staminodia [ NL. See Stamen, and -oid. ] (Bot.) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a distributer. ] (Zool.) A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also Tamul. ] 1. (Ethnol.) One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language. [ Written also Tamul. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Tamil. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. tamis a sort of sieve. Cf. Stamin, Temse. ] A kind of woolen cloth; tammy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a kind of sieve. ] 1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cloth itself; tammy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tamis bird (Zool.), a Guinea fowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several organic chemical substances not synthesized by an animal and required in small quantities for normal metabolism, present in and obtained from the natural foods eaten by the animal. Human vitamins are also produced synthetically, and taken in pure form or in mixtures, as dietary supplements. Deficiencies of specific vitamins lead to certain specific disorders, such as scurvy, caused by an insufficiency of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Most vitamins act as coenzymes or precursors to coenzymes, and are not consumed for energy production or incorporated into structural units of the cell. [ PJC ]

n. any of several related fat-soluble vitamins (such as retinol) essential for normal vision; it also prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes.
Syn. -- antiophthalmic factor, axerophthol. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. retinol (C20H30O), one of the substances also called vitamin A. It is also called more specifically vitamin A alcohol. It is a required factor for human nutrition. The USP unit of activity is equal to 0.30 micrograms of retinol.
Syn. -- retinol. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. dehydroretinol (C20H28O), one of the substances also called vitamin A. It has about 40% of the bioactivity of vitamin A1.
Syn. -- dehydroretinol. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]