cacotheline
noun
ca·coth·e·line
kəˈkäthəˌlēn,
ka-,
-lə̇n
plural -s
: a poisonous base C21H21N3O7 obtained as the orange-yellow crystalline nitrate by heating brucine with nitric acid
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary cacothel- (from Late Greek kakothelēs malevolent, from Greek kak- cac- + -thelēs, from thelein to wish, will) + -ine; originally formed as French cacothéline
First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above
- draw press
- draw runner
- draw shot
- draw slip
- draw step
- draw straws
- draw table
- draw taper
- draw the blinds on
- draw the blinds/curtain/shades on
- draw the curtain on
- draw the line
- draw the shades on
- draw to a close
- draw to a halt
- draw to a halt/stop
- draw to a stop
- draw up
- draw up one's knees
- draw up one's knees/legs
- draw up one's legs
- draw upon
- draw well
- draw works
- draw-in bolt