Definition of ether

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Ether (n.) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide..

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Bondstone :: Bondstone (n.) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone..
Etherize :: Etherize (v. t.) To convert into ether.
Cartridge :: Cartridge (n.) A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material..
Concremation :: Concremation (n.) The act of burning different things together.
Tern :: Tern (a.) That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves..
Conjure :: Conjure (v. i.) To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.
Porch :: Porch (n.) A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia..
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (a.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together..
Aheap :: Aheap (adv.) In a heap; huddled together.
Binder :: Binder (n.) Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building..
Concatenation :: Concatenation (n.) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession..
Individual :: Individual (n.) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission..
Alectryomancy :: Alectryomancy (n.) Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten..
Common :: Common (v.) Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer..
Agglomerative :: Agglomerative (a.) Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections..
Concrew :: Concrew (a.) To grow together.
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel..
Cumulate :: Cumulate (v. t.) To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.
Body :: Body (n.) The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person..
Interfolded :: Interfolded (p. a.) Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together.
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