Reference > American Heritage® > Dictionary
  barbiturate Barbizon  
CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
barbituric acid
 
SYLLABICATION:bar·bi·tu·ric acid
PRONUNCIATION:  bärb-trk, -tyr-
NOUN: An organic acid, C4H4O3N2, used in the manufacture of barbiturates and some plastics.
ETYMOLOGY:Partial translation of German Barbitursäure : barb- (perhaps from the name Barbara) + -itur (ultimately from Ur(in), urine, from Latin rna; see urine) + Säure, acid.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  barbiturate Barbizon  
 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com