Word Meanings - NITROPRUSSIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance. It forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline subphides.

Yellow-eyed
Having yellow eyes.
Yellowwood
The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian F
Callithump
A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.
Colorado beetle
A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. S
Complexedness
The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication.
Derivation
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Indirectly
In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly.
Purpled
of Purple
Yellowfin
A large squeteague.
Yellowwort
A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.
Callithumpian
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.
Colorado group
A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.
Complexion
The state of being complex; complexity.
Derivational
Relating to derivation.
Purpleheart
A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.
Yellowfish
A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.

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