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indicative (iou) and thioglycollic (iou)


indicative (iou)



indicative adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French indicatif, -ive from late Latin indicativus (translating Greek horistike (sc. egklisis mood)), formed as INDICATE: see -ATIVE.]
A. adjective.
Grammar. Designating the mood of a verb of which the essential function is to state an objective fact (as opp. to something wished, thought of, etc., by the speaker). LME.
b. Of a statement etc.: having the verb in the indicative mood. M17.
A. J. Ayer Every indicative sentence, whether it is literally meaningful or not, shall be regarded as expressing a statement.
That indicates or points out; that hints or suggests. LME.
Richard Saunders The next is called Index, the indicative or demonstrative finger.
Giving indications of; suggestive of. M17.
P. G. Wodehouse Percy gave a languid gesture indicative of the man of affairs whose time was not his own.
b. noun. Grammar. (An instance of) the indicative mood; a verb in the indicative mood. M16.
indicatively adverb E17.

thioglycollic (iou)



thioglycollic adjective. Also thioglycolic. L19.
[from THIO- + GLYCOLLIC.]
Chemistry. thioglycollic acid, a colourless toxic liquid with a strong odour, HSCH2COOH, which is a reducing agent used esp. in the pharmaceutical industry, in hair treatment products, and in analytical tests for ferric iron; mercaptoethanoic acid.
thio'glycollate noun a salt or ester of thioglycollic acid L19.