- grainless
- adjective see grain I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
grainless
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grainless — ˈgrānlə̇s adjective : having no grain a grainless wood finish grainless ear of corn … Useful english dictionary
grainless — grain ► NOUN 1) wheat or other cultivated cereal used as food. 2) a single seed or fruit of a cereal. 3) a small, hard particle of a substance such as sand. 4) the smallest unit of weight in the troy and avoirdupois systems, equal to 1 / 5760 of… … English terms dictionary
grainless — grain·less … English syllables
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Lippmann plate — The Lippmann plate was an early form of colour photography developed in 1891 by Gabriel Lippmann, a physicist. Lippmann won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for its development.A glass plate is coated with transparent and grainless silver… … Wikipedia
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grain — grainer, n. grainless, adj. /grayn/, n. 1. a small, hard seed, esp. the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet. 2. the gathered seed of food plants, esp. of cereal plants. 3. such plants collectively. 4. any small,… … Universalium
