See Also: Mezentian(dictionary)

luminophore (iou) and Mezentian (iou)


luminophore (iou)



luminophore noun. Also luminophor. E20.
[formed as LUMINOL + -O- + -PHORE.]
A luminescent substance. E20.
A group of atoms in a molecule which is responsible for its luminescence. E20.

Mezentian (iou)



Mezentian adjective. M19.
[from Mezentius (see below) + -AN.]
Of an action etc.: cruelly binding, comparable to that of Mezentius, a mythical Etruscan king who had living people bound to corpses and left to starve.
Sydney Smith That fatal and Mezentian oath which binds the Irish to the English Church.