n. [ Pref. bi- + carbonate. ] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Amer. Sp. bonasí, prob. from native name. ] (Zool.) (a) A large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) of Florida and the West Indies, valuable as a food fish; -- called also aguaji and, in Florida, black grouper. (b) Also, any one of several other similar fishes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ L. ] In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] Good faith; honesty; freedom from fraud or deception. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ OE., also bonere, OF. bonnaire, Cotgr., abbrev. of debonnaire. See Debonair. ] Gentle; courteous; complaisant; yielding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., prop. calm., fair weather, prosperity, fr. L. bonus good. ] In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] (Law) Perishable goods. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ It., prop. “good stuff.” ] A showy wanton; a courtesan. Shak [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. bonasus, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] (Zool.) The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Carbonadoed p. pr. & vb. n. Carbonadoing. ] 1. To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed. Bean. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut or hack, as in fighting. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll so carbonado your shanks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. carbonnade, It. carbonata, Sp. carbonada, from L. carbo coal. ] (Cookery) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Carbonadoes [ Pg., carbonated. ] (Min.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Carbonari [ It., a coal man. ] A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The origin of the Carbonari is uncertain, but the society is said to have first met, in 1808, among the charcoal burners of the mountains, whose phraseology they adopted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Carbonate. ] (Sugar Making) The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. carbonate. ] (Chem.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. debonere, OF. de bon aire, debonaire, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair, F. débonnaire debonair; de of (L. de) + bon good (L. bonus) + aire. See Air, and Bounty, and cf. Bonair. ] Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Was never prince so meek and debonair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. debonaireté, F. débonnaireté. ] Debonairness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Courteously; elegantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of carbonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature, or containing, hydrocarbons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) (Old Chem.) A hydrocarbon. [ Obs. ] (b) (Chem.) A hydrous carbonate, as malachite. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not having supersaturated carbon dioxide in solution; not carbonated; -- of beverages. [ Narrower terms: noneffervescent (vs. effervescent) ]
Syn. -- uncarbonated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a white crystalline substance, HNaCO3, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and also produced artificially, . It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also baking soda, cooking soda, bicarbonate of soda, bicarb, saleratus, and technically, acid sodium carbonate, sodium acid carbonate, primary sodium carbonate, sodium dicarbonate, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A carbonate containing an excess of the basic constituent. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Zool.) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphocarbonic acid; a thiocarbonate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A bicarbonate. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A sulphocarbonate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ NL. umbonatus. See Umbo. ] Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss. [ 1913 Webster ]