See Also: dihydrogen phosphate(medicine)
sodium dihydrogen phosphate(medicine)
choline dihydrogen citrate(medicine)
UDPacetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase(medicine)
UDP-GlcNAc-undecaprenyl phosphate N-acetylglucosaminyl 1-phosphate transferase(medicine)
Aralen phosphate with primaquine phosphate(health)
phosphate(dictionary)
phosphate(encyclopedia)
phosphate(dictionary)
Phosphate(medicine)

awkward (iou) and dihydrogen phosphate (medicine)


awkward (iou)



awkward adverb & adjective. LME.
[from AWK adjective + -WARD.]
A. adverb. In the wrong direction; in reverse order; in a backwards direction; upside down. Long obsolete exc. dial. of an animal: on its back and unable to rise (cf. AWALD). LME.
b. adjective.
Oblique; back-handed. E16-M19.
Froward, perverse, cantankerous, (passing into sense 7). Now dial. M16.
a. Of a person: lacking dexterity, clumsy, bungling; ungainly, uncouth. M16.
awkward squad: see SQUAD noun1 1.
Swift I have not seen a more clumsy, aukward, and unhandy people. J. Irving Basketball and Football players, great big awkward sorts of boys.
b. Of things and actions: clumsy; ill-adapted for use; ungainly. E17.
the awkward age adolescence.
J. Frame His body uncontrolled and his gait awkward. F. Ormsby We laughed at your awkward dress. Your half-hearted passes at a fat waitress.
Unfavourable; adverse. L16-M17.
Shakespeare 2 Henry VI Twice by awkward wind from England's bank Drove back again.
Of things or actions: causing embarrassment; inconvenient; reflecting embarrassment. E18.
J. O'Hara Frances's father..had caught his daughter and Snyder in an awkward position and had given Snyder the choice of Marriage or death. D. Lodge It was the most awkward time, about 6, just as I was about to serve up the dinner. W. Trevor They didn't say anything, and after a few moments the silence hardened and became awkward.
Of a person: embarrassed; ill at ease. E18.
Leigh Hunt He was..beginning to feel awkward with his Whig friends.
Difficult or dangerous to deal with. M19.
J. Tyndall We let ourselves down an awkward face of rock. G. Orwell It was an awkward job getting the wounded down the narrow, crowded trench. B. Hines There's always someone you can't suit, who has to be awkward, who refuses to be interested in anything.
awkwardish adjective (colloq.) E17.
awkwardly adverb LME.
awkwardness noun L17.

dihydrogen phosphate (medicine)


dihydrogen phosphate


One-third-neutralised phosphoric acid; e.g., NaH2PO4, KH2PO4.

Disodium phosphate, na2HPO4.