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1. adamellite, n. View full entry 1896
...= tonalite Now disused....
2. agnesite, n. View full entry 1845
...= bismutitebismuthal....
3. Aich's metal, n. View full entry 1861
...A hard alloy of copper, zinc, and iron, used (esp. formerly) in gun-making and marine engineering....
4. Akkadian, adj. and n. View full entry 1856
...Of or relating to a non-Semitic people inhabiting the southern part of south Mesopotamia in the third millennium b.c., now identified as the Sumerians. Also: of or relating to this...
5. alaskaite, n. View full entry 1881
...A mineral of a pale grey colour and metallic appearance consisting of lead, silver, copper, and bismuth sulphides, originally thought to be a distinct species but later shown to be a mixture...
6. Albertan, n. and adj. View full entry 1890
...A native or inhabitant of the Canadian province of Alberta....
7. alisonite, n. View full entry 1859
...A copper and lead sulphide mineral of uncertain identity, perh. a mixture....
8. Appleton layer, n. View full entry 1931
...The upper or F stratum of the ionosphere, above the E (or Heaviside) layer; = F-layerF4. ...
9. Big Mac, n. View full entry 1970
...A proprietary name for: the largest in a range of hamburgers sold by McDonald's fast-food outlets; (hence allusively) the biggest or best of a number of related things....
10. bohrium, n. View full entry 1971
...(A name proposed for) an artificially produced transuranic chemical element, atomic number 105 (now called dubnium). Cf. nielsbohrium1. Now disused....
11. CD, n.1 View full entry 1979
...= compact disccompact3d. Freq. attrib....
12. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
13. edisonite, n. View full entry 1888
...A name formerly given to a supposed variety of rutile. Disused....
14. fieldite, n. View full entry 1856
...A zinc-containing form of tetrahedrite now regarded as having been an impure specimen....
15. Helmholtz, n. View full entry 1856
...Used attributively with reference to various devices and theories invented by Helmholtz....
16. ionite, n. View full entry 1877
...A resinous hydrocarbon mineral found in the Ione valley, California....
17. lettsomite, n. View full entry 1850
...= cyanotrichitecyano-1....
18. maginnis, n. View full entry 1871
...A (wrestling) hold from which escape is difficult. Freq. fig.; esp. in to put (also clap) the maginnis on: to immobilize; to pressurize or coerce. Also in...
19. Mickey Finn, n. View full entry 1918
...A strong alcoholic drink (now rare or disused); an alcoholic or other drink that has been deliberately adulterated with a strong sedative (esp. chloral hydrate) or (U.S....
20. mill-mountain, n. View full entry 1633
...A wild flax of chalk downs formerly used as a purge, prob. fairy flax, Linum catharticum. Also mill-mountain flax....
