Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A carcinogenic white solid, C9H8Cl3NO2S, used as an agricultural fungicide and bacteriostat.
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- noun A particular
phthalimide fungicide . - noun
ethyl mercaptan
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Roy Scheider - actor - star of Jaws and other films his later career included the captan of the Seaquest
Saying Goodbye in 2008 Dark Worlds Club 2009
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August 26, 2008 at 8:08 am kitteh nawt likez been called “dumb” & iz uzin file 2 sharpen himz sharpy-pointy bitz eben moar be4 launchin himzsef atz mr. captan weiner fer 2 debate dat remarkz.
“kitteh” iz so word. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Synthetic chemical pesticides are manufactured chemical compounds, such as dichlorodiphenyltri-chloroethane (DDT), malathion, or captan usually specifically created for pest or pathogen control.
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Drenching the soil around affected plants at monthly intervals with 0.2 per cent captan or 0.1 per cent quintozene was highly effective and led to almost double the tuber yields of untreated plants.
Chapter 16 1987
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It was a whirlwind affair, interspersed with wild nights in Rat Alley with a little French girl, and it culminated in pretty Iliki's slipping into men's clothes as a passenger aboard a British freighter whose captan married her to Whip on the journey to San Francisco.
Hawaii Michener, James 1959
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El muerto era el tiburon y enojado el dios captan de qe se Vbiesen heçho obsequias al pescado.
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The election of officers takes place in our company tomorrow if the day is such that we can be out I have no idea who will be elected captan but I think that
Augusta County: Thomas M. Smiley to His Aunt, April 9, [1862] Thomas M. Smiley 1862
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Speaking at the Yankees 'minor-league complex on a gorgeous 70-degree morning, the Yankees captan would not say if he talked to Rodriguez and cautioned people to wait for A-Rod to give his side of the story before drawing any conclusions.
Texas Rangers 2009
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Speaking at the Yankees 'minor-league complex on a gorgeous 70-degree morning, the Yankees captan would not say if he talked to Rodriguez and cautioned people to wait for A-Rod to give his side of the story before drawing any conclusions.
Texas Rangers 2009
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Speaking at the Yankees 'minor-league complex on a gorgeous 70-degree morning, the Yankees captan would not say if he talked to Rodriguez and cautioned people to wait for A-Rod to give his side of the story before drawing any conclusions.
Texas Rangers 2009
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