See Also: morpholine(dictionary)

marble (oh) and morpholine (iou)


marble (oh)



[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros]
[U] a type of hard rock that becomes smooth when it is polished, and is used for making buildings, statues etc
::The columns were of white marble.
::a marble statue
[C] a small coloured glass ball that children roll along the ground as part of a game
marbles [U] a game played by children using marbles
lose your marbles
informal to start behaving in a crazy way
-synonym go mad go mad
[C] a statue or sculpture made of marble

morpholine (iou)



morpholine noun. L19.
[from MORPHINE with insertion of -OL.]
Chemistry. A cyclic amine, C4H9NO, which is a hygroscopic oil used as a solvent for resins and dyes and whose fatty-acid salts are emulsifying soaps used in floor polishes.