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16-letter words that end in ate

  • isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
  • language isolate — isolate (def 9).
  • lead(ii) acetate — a white crystalline toxic solid used in dyeing cotton and in making varnishes and enamels. Formula: Pb(CH3CO)2
  • leptosporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a single cell, rather than from a group, and normally with specialized explosive spore dispersal
  • lignin sulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
  • lithium stearate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, LiC 18 H 35 O 2 , used chiefly in cosmetics, in plastics, and as a lubricant in powder metallurgy.
  • long-nosed skate — a fish; Raja oxyrinchus
  • lower palatinate — See under Palatinate (def 1).
  • machinist's mate — a petty officer trained to operate, repair, etc. ships' engines
  • microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
  • misunderestimate — (colloquial, malapropism, or, intentionally incorrect) To underestimate by mistake.
  • multituberculate — a rodentlike mammal of the extinct order Multituberculata, which lived from the late Jurassic Period to the Oligocene Epoch, reaching the size of a woodchuck and having molars with two or three rows of simple pointed cusps.
  • non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
  • noncompassionate — Not compassionate.
  • over-communicate — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
  • peninsular state — Florida (used as a nickname).
  • pledged delegate — (in the US) a delegate at a national party convention who is mandated to vote for a particular candidate
  • polar coordinate — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
  • publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
  • quasi-legitimate — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • quinquefoliolate — (botany) Having five leaflets.
  • reasons of state — political justifications for an immoral act
  • rhine palatinate — See under Palatinate (def 1).
  • sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
  • sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
  • sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
  • sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • sodium perborate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaBO 2 ⋅3H 2 O or NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and antiseptic.
  • sodium phosphate — Also called monobasic sodium phosphate. a white, crystalline, slightly hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, NaH 2 PO 4 , used chiefly in dyeing and in electroplating.
  • stationary state — any of several energy states an atom may occupy without emitting electromagnetic radiation.
  • styralyl acetate — methylphenylcarbinyl acetate.
  • succession state — any of a number of usually new states that are established in or expand over the territory formerly ruled by one large state
  • thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
  • the beaver state — a name for the state of Oregon
  • the cotton state — a nickname for Alabama
  • the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
  • the silver state — the nickname of the US state of Nevada, which comes from the large amount of silver discovered and mined there
  • the sooner state — the nickname of the US state of Oklahoma, which comes from the name of its early settlers
  • transubstantiate — to change from one substance into another; transmute.
  • upper palatinate — See under Palatinate (def 1).
  • utilization rate — The utilization rate is the percentage of the total equipment or refinery which is involved in producing something.
  • walking delegate — (formerly) an official appointed by a trade union to go from place to place to investigate working conditions, to ascertain whether union contracts were being fulfilled, and, sometimes, to negotiate contracts between employers and the union.
  • washington state — the state of Washington, especially as distinguished from Washington, D.C.
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