indole (plural indoles)
(organic compound) An organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications.
Synonym: ketole
(organic chemistry) Any of the derivatives of indole1.
• acemetacin
• atevirdine
• cediranib
• dirlotapide
• dolasetron
• gramine
• indalpine
• indican
• indoleamine
• indolequinone
• indometacin
• indoxyl
• isoindole
• mebhydrolin
• monatin
• naltrindole
• oxametacin
• paxilline
• pindolol
• ramosetron
• sertindole
• sumatriptan
• tenidap
• tropisetron
indole (comparative more indole, superlative most indole)
(obsolete) guileless
• El Nido, Leonid, Liendo, dienol, doline, elonid, olenid
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25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
