About The Word Spermaceti
Learn about the word Spermaceti to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Spermaceti definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Spermaceti
| Spermaceti Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Spermaceti?
[n] a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale
Synonyms | Synonyms for Spermaceti: Related Terms | Find terms related to Spermaceti: See Also | wax Spermaceti In Webster's Dictionary \Sper`ma*ce"ti\, n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen.
ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ???. See {Sperm},
{Cetaceous}.]
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of
the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments,
cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of
palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The
substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain
impurities is sometimes called cetin.
{Spermaceti whale} (Zo["o]l.), the sperm whale.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Unarbitrary ‐ not subject to individual…
- Kibbutz ‐ (Israel) a collective farm owned by its members; children are…
- Bloke ‐ (informal) a man who is (usually) old and/or…
- Genus rudbeckia ‐ North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower…
- Twenty-eighth ‐ coming next after the twenty-seventh…
- Vegetarian ‐ eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat…
- Fanwort ‐ common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating…
- Chain gang ‐ a gang of convicts…
- Cope with ‐ satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my…
- Cell doctrine ‐ (biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural…