There is a group of closely allied elements to which the name halogen. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
Like ammonia it forms salts with the halogen acids. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
She shone her halogen flashlight through the hangar. From Wordnik.com. [The Coffin Dancer]
~Action of the halogen elements on potassium hydroxide. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
GRACE: ... a halogen lamp can burn a hole through wood?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2007] Reference
Her demon is light, sunlight, fluorescent light, halogen light. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2006] Reference
She moved over to the desk and switched on a black halogen lamp. From Wordnik.com. [Conferences are Murder]
Acres of unoccupied parking spaces, eerily lit by halogen light. From Wordnik.com. [Four To Score]
The dome's interior dimmed rapidly as the halogen lamps shut down. From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
The halogen spotlights were sold nationwide at Walgreens, Rite Aid. From Wordnik.com. [Not a bright design: Fixit rechargeable spotlights recalled] Reference
It could be something as simple as the halogen light above your head. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2007] Reference
His multifaceted eyes and black humanoid shell reflected the red halogen lights. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
Dale went back out to the truck, grabbed his halogen flashlight, and went back in. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Haunting]
It only exists on CTS models with the base FE1 suspension equipped with halogen lamps. From Wordnik.com. [No flash-to-pass for Cadillac CTS, part 2] Reference
It was a halogen bulb, pretty much the only one on the market that fits the new standards. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2008] Reference
A flat stone roof was erected over them, dim halogen lights beckoning nefarious safety. From Wordnik.com. [Ibby's Falafel] Reference
It combines very readily with the halogen elements, powdered bismuth burning readily in chlorine. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
My colleague Steven has been nagging me for months to replace the halogen floor lamp in my office. From Wordnik.com. [This audit might actually save you money] Reference
In order to prepare the halogen substitution products, therefore, use is made of sulphonic chlorides. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
halogens do not act directly on water, hence we may not properly speak of halogen substitution products. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891] Reference
He had to leave dinner because -- I ` m not kidding -- his house was on fire from a lamp, a halogen lamp. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2007] Reference
She stared out the windshield, delicate profile silhouetted against the merciless rays of the halogen light. From Wordnik.com. [Fire and Ice]
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can read a book in 12 point type without my glasses in a halogen light, but not without. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2006] Reference
There was a sharp movement off to her far left, where angled halogen spotlights bounced off polished surfaces. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress for a Weekend]
And somewhere to the north of us, a structural fire is being blamed on dead millers piling up on a halogen lamp. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
The mixture is then distilled until the distillate is free from bromoform, halogen being tested for in the usual manner. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
Guilt-inducing for sure, but if you want to do right by halogen lamps, synthetic carpets and precut veggies, it's all here. From Wordnik.com. [Books, 'Tis / Frank Mccourt] Reference
The jet-black Falcon was all lit up by halogen lights, her fixtures freshly polished and her 16-member crew in dress uniform. From Wordnik.com. [A Big Boatload of Ego] Reference
I have two halogen lamps (one in my office and one in my living room), a floor lamp in my bedroom and a desk lamp in the den. From Wordnik.com. [The Nature Of Things] Reference
With his unkempt hair, halogen smile and soft spot for Tamil poetry, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is not your ordinary national figurehead. From Wordnik.com. [Sexing Up Science] Reference
In its properties it shows some analogy to the halogen acids, since it forms difficultly soluble lead, silver and mercurous salts. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
She leaned back in her leather club chair, really pleased with the way her new halogen lamp gave off such wonderful diffused light. From Wordnik.com. [Hot And Bothered]
It's looking for LED lightbulbs that use less energy than not only incandescent and halogen bulbs but also compact fluorescent lightbulbs. From Wordnik.com. [With new LED lightbulb, Philips is first to enter DOE's Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prizes competition] Reference
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