13637240-n
|
S, mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm
| |
a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm |
02186750-a
(155)
|
five, 5, v
| |
being one more than four |
13725588-n
|
MT, t, metric ton, tonne
| |
a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms |
06832356-n
|
L, l
| |
the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet |
09383998-n
|
Pallas, 2 Pallas, ⚴
| |
a large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered |
15235126-n
(27)
|
second, sec, s
| |
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |
06833776-n
|
Y, y, wye
| |
the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet |
06831498-n
|
D, d
| |
the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet |
13743269-n
(45)
|
two, 2, deuce, II
| |
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number |
13746512-n
(12)
|
ten, 10, X, tenner, decade
| |
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system |
13627516-n
|
K, kilobyte, kibibyte, KB, kB, KiB
| |
a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes |
13591123-n
|
h, Planck's constant
| |
the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second |
09235713-n
|
Capricorn, Capricornus, ♑
| |
a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius |
05102101-n
(4)
|
radius, r
| |
the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere |
15090742-n
(1)
|
B vitamin, B, B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B
| |
originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins |
05413873-n
|
T, triiodothyronine, liothyronine
| |
thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer |
06831177-n
|
A, a
| |
the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet |
14641397-n
(17)
|
iodine, I, iodin, atomic number 53
| |
a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks) |
14633206-n
(6)
|
carbon, C, atomic number 6
| |
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds |
13714184-n
(1)
|
degree, °
| |
a unit of temperature on a specified scale |
13713521-n
|
B, Bel
| |
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels |
06831712-n
|
F, f
| |
the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet |
13745270-n
(11)
|
9, nine, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead
| |
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one |
13744044-n
(29)
|
three, 3, trio, leash, trey, troika, triad, threesome, trinity, triplet, tierce, III, trine, ternary, ternion, tercet, terzetto, deuce-ace, threeness
| |
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one |
02186833-a
(122)
|
six, 6, half dozen, vi, half-dozen
| |
denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units |
13754165-n
|
e
| |
the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282... |
14828511-n
|
C, cytosine
| |
a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine |
13744722-n
(9)
|
six, 6, half a dozen, sestet, sextet, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, sextuplet, hexad
| |
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one |
13639405-n
|
H, henry
| |
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second |
13646031-n
|
R, roentgen
| |
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air |
15072857-n
|
T, thymine
| |
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine |
14892138-n
|
G, guanine
| |
a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine |
13750844-n
(24)
|
thousand, grand, K, yard, M, G, one thousand, 1000, chiliad, thou
| |
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 |
14631871-n
|
B, boron, atomic number 5
| |
a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder |
00261735-a
|
u
| |
of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use |
06833112-n
|
S, s
| |
the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet |
13749644-n
(6)
|
50, fifty, L
| |
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five |
06832680-n
|
O, o
| |
the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet |
03606572-n
|
jet, K, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C
| |
street names for ketamine |
06832788-n
|
P, p
| |
the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet |
06832572-n
|
N, n
| |
the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet |
09402370-n
|
quasar, quasi-stellar radio source, Q, quasi-stellar radio-source, blue stellar object, QSO, quasi-stellar source, QSS, BSO, quasi-stellar object
| |
a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts |
14636822-n
|
E, einsteinium, Es, atomic number 99
| |
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons |
15284285-n
(1)
|
speed of light, c, light speed, Einstein barrier, lightspeed, Einstein constant
| |
the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second |
08687709-n
|
Capricorn, Capricorn the Goat, Goat, ♑
| |
the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19 |
01349948-n
(1)
|
B, bacillus
| |
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil |
05040081-n
(5)
|
M, molarity, molar concentration
| |
concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution |
13658027-n
(6)
|
A, angstrom, angstrom unit
| |
a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation |
13643276-n
(1)
|
V, volt
| |
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it |
13742358-n
(23)
|
0, zero, cipher, cypher, nought
| |
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number |
13832355-n
(6)
|
east, E, due east, eastward
| |
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees |
14829565-n
|
A, deoxyadenosine monophosphate
| |
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) |
02198752-a
(35)
|
1000, thousand, one thousand, m, k
| |
denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units |
13831176-n
(2)
|
north, N, due north, northward
| |
the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees |
13590327-n
|
G, gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation
| |
[in physics] the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation |
02186665-a
(181)
|
four, 4, iv
| |
being one more than three |
02196107-a
(69)
|
100, hundred, one hundred, c
| |
being ten more than ninety |
13714641-n
(8)
|
F, degree Fahrenheit
| |
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature |
14661020-n
|
V, vanadium, atomic number 23
| |
a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite |
15092227-n
|
D, vitamin D, calciferol, viosterol, ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol
| |
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets |
06832248-n
|
K, k
| |
the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet |
09100394-n
(9)
|
Detroit, Motor City, Motown, D, D-Town, 3-1-3, Hockeytown, Arsenal of Democracy, Rock City
| |
the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor |
14829964-n
|
G, deoxyguanosine monophosphate
| |
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) |
06833004-n
|
r, R
| |
the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet |
13590079-n
|
R, gas constant, universal gas constant
| |
[in physics] the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole |
06832896-n
|
Q, q
| |
the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet |
06833663-n
|
X, x, ex
| |
the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet |
14611521-n
|
tritium, T, hydrogen-3
| |
a radioactive isotope of hydrogen; atoms of tritium have three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen atoms |
13750415-n
(27)
|
hundred, 100, C, century, one C
| |
ten 10s |
13737480-n
(8)
|
quarter, one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern, ¼
| |
one of four equal parts |
13636648-n
|
C, coulomb, ampere-second
| |
a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second |
13726074-n
|
J, joule, watt second
| |
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second |
02191232-a
(59)
|
50, fifty, l
| |
being ten more than forty |
14637507-n
(1)
|
fluorine, F, atomic number 9
| |
a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite |
06833544-n
|
W, w, double-u
| |
the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet |
13580909-n
|
normality, N
| |
[in solution] (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter |
13628056-n
|
M, MB, megabyte, mebibyte, MiB
| |
a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes |
13714491-n
(21)
|
C, degree centigrade, degree Celsius
| |
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature |
14647235-n
(5)
|
nitrogen, N, atomic number 7
| |
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues |
13648596-n
(2)
|
gee, g, g-force
| |
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated |
02186470-a
(604)
|
two, 2, ii
| |
being one more than one |
13628246-n
|
M, MB, megabyte
| |
a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes |
14660443-n
|
U, uranium, atomic number 92
| |
a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons |
13745086-n
(3)
|
8, eight, octet, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary
| |
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one |
02187161-a
(34)
|
nine, 9, ix
| |
denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten |
02187296-a
(140)
|
ten, 10, x
| |
being one more than nine |
02186580-a
(298)
|
three, 3, iii
| |
being one more than two |
13833375-n
(2)
|
south, S, due south, southward
| |
the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees |
13644522-n
(2)
|
watt, W
| |
a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm |
14706889-n
|
A, adenine
| |
[in biochemistry] purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA |
06832033-n
|
I, i
| |
the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet |
14830164-n
|
T, deoxythymidine monophosphate
| |
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) |
14649197-n
(1)
|
phosphorus, P, atomic number 15
| |
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms |
03066743-n
|
blow, coke, nose candy, snow, C
| |
street names for cocaine |
06833890-n
|
Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard
| |
the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet |
05012272-n
(2)
|
enthalpy, heat content, total heat, H
| |
[in thermodynamics] a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure |
13647667-n
|
N, newton
| |
a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes |
13744916-n
(6)
|
seven, 7, septet, VII, sevener, heptad, septenary
| |
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one |
06831284-n
|
B, b
| |
the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet |
14659512-n
(2)
|
tungsten, W, wolfram, atomic number 74
| |
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite |
14829765-n
|
C, deoxycytidine monophosphate
| |
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) |
13750712-n
|
five hundred, D, 500
| |
the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five |
14641046-n
|
deuterium, heavy hydrogen, D
| |
an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) |
15092409-n
(1)
|
vitamin E, E, tocopherol
| |
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body |
06833220-n
|
T, t
| |
the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet |
04232034-n
|
skull and crossbones, ☠
| |
emblem warning of danger or death |
13744521-n
(9)
|
5, five, fin, V, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, Phoebe, quint, cinque, pentad, Little Phoebe
| |
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one |
14640434-n
(6)
|
hydrogen, H, atomic number 1
| |
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe |
13627681-n
|
K, kilobyte, KB, kB
| |
a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes |
13637376-n
(4)
|
amp, A, ampere
| |
the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |
13744304-n
(28)
|
four, 4, IV, quartet, foursome, quadruplet, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, Little Joe
| |
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one |
05400860-n
|
A, type A, group A
| |
the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
06833328-n
|
U, u
| |
the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet |
06831819-n
|
G, g
| |
the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet |
13723712-n
(42)
|
gram, gm, g, gramme
| |
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram |
15084357-n
|
U, uracil
| |
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine |
13636286-n
|
F, farad
| |
the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates |
06902696-n
|
C
| |
a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system |
06831605-n
|
E, e
| |
the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet |
15093298-n
(1)
|
vitamin C, C, ascorbic acid, E300 when used as an antioxidant
| |
a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy |
07355014-n
|
Z, omega
| |
the ending of a series or sequence |
13640520-n
|
L, lambert
| |
a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter |
13714756-n
(5)
|
K, kelvin
| |
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |
13742573-n
(78)
|
one, 1, ace, unity, single, I
| |
the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number |
05401229-n
|
O, type O, group O
| |
the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens |
02186338-a
(529)
|
one, 1, i, ane
| |
used of a single unit or thing; not two or more |
06831926-n
|
H, h
| |
the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet |
06833436-n
|
V, v
| |
the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet |
13628955-n
|
G, GB, gigabyte, gig
| |
a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes |
01580077-n
|
jay, k, jay pie, Jenny jay, whisky jack
| |
crested largely blue bird |
14648100-n
(42)
|
oxygen, O, atomic number 8
| |
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust |
13614256-n
|
barn, b
| |
[in nuclear_physics] a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter |
15089803-n
|
A, vitamin A, antiophthalmic factor, axerophthol
| |
any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes |
14656219-n
(1)
|
sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16, brimstone
| |
an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) |
14650807-n
(5)
|
potassium, K, atomic number 19
| |
a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite |
08687345-n
|
Scorpio, Scorpio the Scorpion, Scorpion, ♏
| |
the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21 |
14661740-n
|
Y, yttrium, atomic number 39
| |
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys |
06818747-n
(1)
|
check mark, check, tick, checkmark, ✓
| |
a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. |
02186132-a
(8)
|
zero, 0
| |
indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration |
06844903-n
|
stroke, slash, solidus, virgule, diagonal, separatrix, forward slash, /
| |
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information |
02678738-n
|
go, Adam, ecstasy, XTC, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug
| |
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine |
13834399-n
(10)
|
west, W, due west, westward
| |
the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees |
05400978-n
|
B, type B, group B
| |
the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
06866332-n
|
C
| |
[in music] the keynote of the scale of C major |
06831391-n
|
C, c
| |
the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet |
13659162-n
(11)
|
meter, m, metre
| |
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) |
06832140-n
|
J, j
| |
the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet |
02186970-a
(56)
|
seven, 7, vii
| |
being one more than six |
06832464-n
|
M, m
| |
the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet |
13624190-n
(24)
|
l, liter, litre, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre
| |
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) |
02198631-a
(14)
|
500, five hundred, d
| |
denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units |
13628761-n
|
G, GB, gigabyte, gibibyte, GiB
| |
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes |
02187073-a
(72)
|
eight, 8, viii
| |
being one more than seven |
05012585-n
|
randomness, entropy, S
| |
[in thermodynamics] a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work |
05413647-n
(9)
|
thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine, T
| |
hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells |