acridan
noun
ac·ri·dan
ˈa-krə-ˌdan
variants or less commonly acridane
ˈa-krə-ˌdān
plural -s
: a colorless crystalline base C13H11N made by reducing acridine
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary, blend of acridine + -an, -ane
First Known Use
circa 1927, in the meaning defined above
- the bahamas
- the balance
- the ball is in one's court
- the bar
- the bare bones
- the baroque
- the be-all and end-all
- the beauty part
- the bee's knees
- the beeb
- the beginning of the end
- the bejesus
- the belle of the ball
- the belly of the beast
- the Beltway
- the bench
- the bends
- the benefit of the doubt
- the bereaved
- the berkshires
- the best
- the best is yet to be
- the best is yet to come
- the best is yet to come/be
- the best of all (possible) worlds