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myricin (medicine)


myricin
<chemistry> A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series.

Synonym: myricyl alcohol.

Origin: Cf. F. Myricine. Prob. So called from a fancied resemblance to the wax of the bayberry (Myrica).

Source: Websters Dictionary


overwhelming (oh)



having such a great effect on you that you feel confused and do not know how to react
::an overwhelming sense of guilt
::She felt an overwhelming desire to hit him.
::She found the city quite overwhelming when she first arrived.
very large or greater, more important etc than any Other
::There is overwhelming evidence that smoking damages your Health.
::An overwhelming majority of the members were against the idea.
::The proposal has been given overwhelming support.
::The British Air Force succeeded despite overwhelming odds against them.
-- overwhelmingly adv
::Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill.