ANTIMONIES
Noun
antimonies
plural of antimony
Misspelling of antinomies.
Anagrams
• antinomies, neointimas, semination
Source: Wiktionary
ANTIMONY
An"ti*mo*ny, n. Etym: [LL. antimonium, of unknown origin.] (Chem.)
Definition: An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance
and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to
the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.
Note: It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline,
fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in
some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for
medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By
ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native gray
ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the
Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of
antimony.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition