See Also: Cremnitz white(dictionary)
oblong(dictionary)
oblong(dictionary)
oblong pit of arytenoid cartilage(medicine)
oblong fovea of arytenoid cartilage(medicine)

Cremnitz white (iou) and oblong (oh)


Cremnitz white (iou)



Cremnitz white noun phr. Also Kremnitz white. L19.
[from German Kremnitz, (formerly also) C-, Kremnica, a town in Slovakia + WHITE noun.]
A white lead pigment used as a paint base.

oblong (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: oblongus, from ob- 'toward' + longus 'long']
BrE an oblong shape has four straight sides at 90 degrees to each Other, two of which are longer than the Other two
-synonym rectangular rectangular
::an oblong table
AmE an oblong shape is much longer than it is wide
::an oblong leaf
-- oblong n [C]