Candlestick

Overview of noun candlestick

      »   The noun candlestick has 1 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• candlestick, candle Holder1.) Holder -- (a holding device; "a towel holder")
  
  2.) Holder, bearer -- (the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'")
  
  holder -- (a Holder1.) Holder -- (a holding device; "a towel holder")
  
  2.) Holder, bearer -- (the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'")
  
  holder with Sockets1.) Socket -- (a bony hollow into which a structure fits)
  
  2.) Socket -- (receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted)
  
  sockets for candles)

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Sodium

Overview of noun sodium

      »   The noun sodium has 1 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

• sodium, Na1.) Sodium, Na, atomic number 11 -- (a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt))
  
  Na, atomic number 11 -- (a Silvery1.) Argent, silver, silvery, silverish -- (of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair")
  
  2.) Silvern, silvery -- (resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones")
  
  silvery soft Waxy1.) Waxen, waxy -- (made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy")
  
  2.) Waxlike, wax-coated, waxy, ceraceous -- (resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves")
  
  waxy metallic Element1.) Component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient -- (an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech")
  
  2.) Chemical element, element -- (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
  
  element of the Alkali1.) Base, alkali -- (any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia")
  
  2.) Alkali -- (a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture)
  
  alkali metal Group1.) Group, grouping -- (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
  
  2.) Group, radical, chemical group -- ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)
  
  group; occurs Abundantly1.) Abundantly, copiously, profusely, extravagantly -- (in an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely")
  
  abundantly in Natural1.) Natural -- (someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job")
  
  2.) Natural, cancel -- (a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat)
  
  natural compounds (Especially1.) Particularly, peculiarly, especially, specially -- (to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common; "he was particularly fussy about spelling"; "a particularly gruesome attack"; "under peculiarly tragic circumstances"; "an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger")
  
  2.) Specially, especially -- (in a special manner; "a specially arranged dinner")
  
  especially in Salt1.) Salt -- (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
  
  2.) Salt, table salt, common salt -- (white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food)
  
  salt water); Burns1.) Burns, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum -- (United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996))
  
  2.) Burns, Robert Burns -- (celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796))
  
  burns with a Yellow1.) Yellow, yellowness -- (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)
  
  1.) Yellow -- (turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow")
  
  yellow flame and Reacts1.) React, respond -- (show a response or a reaction to something)
  
  2.) React -- (undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react")
  
  reacts violently in Water1.) Water, H2O -- (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
  
  2.) Body of water, water -- (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge")
  
  water; occurs in Sea1.) Sea -- (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)
  
  2.) Ocean, sea -- (anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume)
  
  sea water and in the Mineral1.) Mineral -- (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
  
  1.) Mineral -- (relating to minerals; "mineral elements"; "mineral deposits")
  
  mineral halite (Rock1.) Rock, stone -- (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me")
  
  2.) Rock, stone -- (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries")
  
  rock salt))

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Alarm

Overview of noun alarm

      »   The noun alarm has 4 meanings (first 2 from tagged texts)

• alarm, Dismay1.) Discouragement, disheartenment, dismay -- (the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles)
  
  2.) Alarm, dismay, consternation -- (fear resulting from the awareness of danger)
  
  dismay, consternation -- (Fear1.) Fear, fearfulness, fright -- (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))
  
  2.) Concern, care, fear -- (an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction")
  
  fear resulting from the Awareness1.) Awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness -- (having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive")
  
  2.) Awareness, sentience -- (state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness")
  
  awareness of danger)

• alarm, Warning1.) Warning -- (a message informing of danger)
  
  2.) Admonition, monition, warning, word of advice -- (cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger))
  
  warning device, alarm System1.) System, scheme -- (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going")
  
  2.) System -- (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer")
  
  system -- (a Device1.) Device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")
  
  2.) Device -- (something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect)
  
  device that Signals1.) Signal, signaling, sign -- (any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped")
  
  2.) Signal -- (any incitement to action; "he awaited the signal to start"; "the victory was a signal for wild celebration")
  
  signals the Occurrence1.) Happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event -- (an event that happens)
  
  2.) Occurrence -- (an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets")
  
  occurrence of some Undesirable1.) Undesirable -- (one whose presence is undesirable; "rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables")
  
  1.) Undesirable -- (not desirable; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens")
  
  undesirable event)

• alarm, Alert1.) Alert, qui vive -- (condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis")
  
  2.) Alert, alerting -- (a warning serves to make you more alert to danger)
  
  alert, warning Signal1.) Signal, signaling, sign -- (any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped")
  
  2.) Signal -- (any incitement to action; "he awaited the signal to start"; "the victory was a signal for wild celebration")
  
  signal, alarum -- (an Automatic1.) Automatic rifle, automatic, machine rifle -- (light machine gun)
  
  2.) Automatic pistol, automatic -- (a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released)
  
  automatic signal (Usually1.) Normally, usually, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarily -- (under normal conditions; "usually she was late")
  
  usually a Sound1.) Sound -- (the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music")
  
  2.) Sound, auditory sensation -- (the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds")
  
  sound) warning of danger)

• alarm Clock1.) Clock -- (a timepiece that shows the time of day)
  
  1.) Clock, time -- (measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners")
  
  clock, alarm -- (a Clock1.) Clock -- (a timepiece that shows the time of day)
  
  1.) Clock, time -- (measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners")
  
  clock that Wakes1.) Aftermath, wake, backwash -- (the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured")
  
  2.) Wake Island, Wake -- (an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii)
  
  wakes sleeper at Preset1.) Preset, predetermined -- (set in advance; "a preset plan of action"; "at a predetermined time")
  
  preset time)

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