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spermaceti
English
Etymology
Latin sperma (“sperm”) +? Latin c?t? (“of the whale”)
Noun
spermaceti (uncountable)
- A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics etc.
Translations
Further reading
- spermaceti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
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lethal
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li?.??l/
- Rhymes: -i???l
Etymology 1
From Latin l?t?lis (“mortal, deadly”), improperly written l?th?lis, from l?tum (“death”), improperly written as l?thum, as associated with Ancient Greek ???? (l?th?, “forgetfulness”).
Adjective
lethal (comparative more lethal, superlative most lethal)
- Deadly; mortal; fatal.
Related terms
- lethality
- semilethal
Translations
Noun
lethal (plural lethals)
- Any weapon that causes death.
- Antonym: non-lethal
- (genetics) An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
Noun
lethal (uncountable)
- (chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
Translations
Further reading
- lethal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- lethal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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