See Also: pyrolusite(medicine)
pyrolusite(dictionary)
samba(1)(dictionary)
samba(2)(dictionary)
samba(encyclopedia)
samba(dictionary)
Samba Room(tourism)
Samba Inversiones, SICAV, S.A.(finance)

samba(2) (iou) and pyrolusite (medicine)


samba(2) (iou)



samba verb intrans. Pa. t. & pple sambaed, samba'd. M20.
[from SAMBA noun1.]
Dance the samba.

pyrolusite (medicine)


pyrolusite
<chemical> Manganese dioxide, a mineral of an iron-black or dark steel-gray colour and metallic luster, usually soft. Pyrolusite parts with its oxygen at a red heat, and is extensively used in discharging the brown and green tints of glass (whence its name).

Origin: Pyro- + Gr. To loose, or a loosing.

Source: Websters Dictionary