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picoline(dictionary)

Kuki (iou) and picoline (iou)


Kuki (iou)



Kuki noun1 & adjective. ['ku:ki] L18.
[Prob. from a Sino-Tibetan lang.]
A. noun. Pl. -s, same. A member of any of several peoples inhabiting the hills of Manipur and Mizoram, on the border of India and Myanmar (Burma); the language of these peoples. L18.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Kukis or their language. E19.

picoline (iou)



picoline noun. M19.
[from Latin pic-, pix pitch + oleum oil + -INE5.]
Chemistry. A colourless liquid heteroaromatic base with a pungent smell, obtained from coal tar, bone-oil, etc.; 2-methylpyridine, C5H4NCH3.
pico'linic adjective:
picolinic acid, a crystalline acid, C5H4NCOOH, derived from picoline L19.