a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH, having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc. Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide, a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt), a white crystalline substance, Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in large quantities from common salt. It is used in making soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many chemical industries. Called also sal soda, washing soda, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona

A liquid food prepared from meat, fish, or vegetable stock combined with various other ingredients and often containing solid pieces, In cookery, originally, a liquor with something soaked in it, as a sop of bread; now, a broth; a liquid dish served usually before fish or meat at dinner, an unfortunate situation, verb_ dope (a racehorse), To be in trouble or in difficulty (often passive--cf. in the soup), uncommon To feed_ to provide with soup or a meal, transitive verb_ obsolete To sup or swallow, obsolete To sweep. See sweep, and swoop

Arising from or going to a root or source; basic, Medicine Relating to or being surgery that is extreme or drastic in an effort to eradicate all existing or potential disease, Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground, noun_ Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue, A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix, A person who holds or acts according to radical principles; one who pursues a theory to its furthest apparent limit; an extremist, especially in politics

the ISO 639-1 code for Portuguese (cf por), abbreviation_ countable point, countable part, countable patient

A contraction of the Latin confer, compare,