SILICA

silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide

(noun) a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth’s crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

silica (countable and uncountable, plural silicas)

Silicon dioxide.

Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.

Synonyms

• E551 when used as an anti-caking agent

Anagrams

• Cialis, Liasic, salici, sialic

Source: Wiktionary


Sil"i*ca, n. Etym: [NL., from L. silex, silics, a flint.] (Chem.)

Definition: Silicon dioxide, SiO

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

30 April 2024

NURSE

(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”


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