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Showing words for CALOMEL using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Calomel
calomel
6 Letter Words for Calomel
celoma, locale
5 Letter Words for Calomel
amole, callo, camel, cameo, cella, cello, celom, clame, cleam, cloam, colla, comae, comal, lamel, local, macle, maleo, molal, molla, molle
4 Letter Words for Calomel
acle, acme, alce, alco, alec, alem, allo, alme, aloe, amel, call, calm, calo, came, camo, cell, clam, clem, coal, cola, cole, coll, coma, come, coml, ecol, lace, lalo, lame, leal, leam, loam, loca, loma, lome, mace, maco, male, mall, malo, meal, mela, mell, moca, mola, mole, moll, olam, olea, olla
3 Letter Words for Calomel
ace, alc, ale, all, alo, ame, cal, cam, cel, ceo, clo, cml, col, com, eam, ecm, eco, ela, ell, elm, emo, eom, lac, lam, lao, lca, lcm, lea, lem, leo, llm, loa, loc, loe, mac, mae, mal, mao, mea, mel, moa, moc, moe, mol, oam, oca, ola, ole, olm
Definitions for Calomel
[1] a white, tasteless powder, Hg2 Cl2 , used chiefly as a purgative and fungicide.
[2] a colourless tasteless powder consisting chiefly of mercurous chloride, used medicinally, esp as a cathartic. Formula: Hg 2 Cl 2
Words nearby Calomel
calmative, calmette, calmodulin, calmy, calochortus, calomel, calomel electrode, caloocan, caloosahatchee, calor, calor gas
Origin of Calomel
1670–80; < New Latin calomelas coined from Greek kaló(s ) fair + mélas black; allegedly so called because its original preparation involved turning black powder into white
Word origin for Calomel
C17: perhaps from New Latin calomelas (unattested), literally: beautiful black (perhaps so named because it was originally sublimed from a black mixture of mercury and mercuric chloride), from Greek kalos beautiful + melas black