Word Meanings - THIONAPHTHENE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives.

• DOUBLEDECKER
  A man-of-war having two gun decks. 2. A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. [Colloq.]
• DOUBLETONGUE
  Deceit; duplicity. Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair before folk and wickedly behind. Chaucer.
• Double-dye
  To dye again or twice over.
• Double-ripper
  A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other.
• DOUBLEDYE
  To dye again or twice over. To double-dye their robes in scarlet. J. Webster.
• DOUBLETONGUED
  Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii.
• Double-dyed
  Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.
• Double-ender
  A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end.
• Double-shade
  To double the natural darkness of (a place).
• DOUBLEDYED
  Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.
• DOUBLETONGUING
  A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.
• Double-entendre
  A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
• Naphthalene
  A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic com
• DOUBLEENDER
  A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight.

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