Adrenalin |
trademark for the synthesized or extracted form of epinephrine. |
Aquadag |
in electronics, trademark for the graphite coating on the inside of some cathode ray tubes. |
Aqua-Lung |
trademark for an underwater breathing device. |
Automat |
trademark for a cafeteria where food is dispensed from small compartments with doors that open when customers deposit coins in the appropriate slots. |
Bakelite |
trademark for any of various synthetic resins and plastics molded by heat, usu. made with phenol, cresol, and formaldehyde. |
Band-Aid |
(trademark) a name for a kind of small bandage. |
Bathinette |
trademark for a folding portable bathtub for babies. |
Breathalyzer |
trademark for an instrument into which a person exhales, used to determine a motorist's level of alcoholic intoxication. |
caterpillar |
(cap.) trademark for a machine propelled by wheels moving within circular tracks mounted on its sides, such as a tractor or tank. [1/2 definitions] |
chartreuse |
trademark for a green or yellow liqueur. [1/2 definitions] |
colophon |
a publisher's emblem or trademark, which appears usu. on the title page of a book. |
Crock-Pot |
trademark for an electric slow cooker that maintains a steady low temperature. |
Dacron |
trademark for a synthetic, wrinkle-resistant polyester fiber or fabric. |
Darvon |
trademark for a painkilling drug, propoxyphene hydrochloride, often with phenacetin, caffeine, and aspirin added. |
Day-Glo |
trademark for a substance used to produce vivid fluorescence in paints or colors. |
Dictaphone |
trademark for a machine that records dictation so it can be played back for writing or typing later. |
Dobro |
trademark for a type of acoustic steel guitar that is held on the lap and fretted with a metal bar or tube. [1/2 definitions] |
Dow Jones industrial average |
trademark for the index of prices of thirty industrial stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and averaged daily. |
Dramamine |
trademark for a drug, dimenhydrinate, used to control nausea caused by the motion of a car, airplane, ship, or the like. |
Dry Ice |
trademark for solidified carbon dioxide that evaporates as a gas at a very low temperature without passing through a liquid phase, used as a refrigerant. |
Dumpster |
trademark for a large metal trash container that is designed to be carried by a special truck. |