Word Meanings - MANGANIFEROUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Containing manganese.

CONTAINMENT
That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
CONTAINANT
A container.
CONTAINABLE
Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
MANGANESE
An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8. Note: An
CONTAINER
One who, or that which, contains.
MANGANESE STEEL
Cast steel containing a considerable percentage of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough. See Alloy steel, above.
CONTAIN
1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
SELF-CONTAINED
Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.