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| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| evangelical (ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, based upon, or following from the Gospels |
| 2. | denoting or relating to any of certain Protestant sects or parties, which emphasize the importance of personal conversion and faith in atonement through the death of Christ as a means of salvation |
| 3. | another word for evangelistic |
| —n | |
| 4. | an upholder of evangelical doctrines or a member of an evangelical sect or party, esp the Low-Church party of the Church of England |
| evan'gelicalism | |
| —n | |
| evan'gelically | |
| —adv | |