Definition of Carothers

1. Noun. United States chemist who developed nylon (1896-1937).

Exact synonyms: Wallace Carothers, Wallace Hume Carothers
Generic synonyms: Chemist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carothers

Carolina spring beauty
Carolina wren
Carolina wrens
Carolinas
Caroline
Caroline Islands
Carolingian
Carolingian dynasty
Carolingians
Carolinian
Carolinians
Carolus
Carolus Linnaeus
Caroluses
Carolyn
Carothers (current term)
Carpathian
Carpathian Mountains
Carpathians
Carpatho-Rusyn
Carpatho-Ukraine
Carpenter
Carpenter's syndrome
Carpenteria
Carpenteria californica
Carpentier-Edwards valve
Carphophis
Carphophis amoenus
Carpinaceae
Carpinus

Literary usage of Carothers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"Another was in regard to a certain judgment of nearly seventy-three thousand dollars obtained on a worthless claim by Jesse Carothers against the state in ..."

2. Reports of Cases in Law and Equity Determined in the Supreme Court of the by Iowa Supreme Court, George Greene (1868)
"Carothers. his authority to act should necessarily ... Carothers. The statute limiting writs of error to the respective appellate districts, extends to the ..."

3. pennsylvania archivesby Pennsylvania State Library, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth by Pennsylvania State Library, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (1878)
"1812, June 11, Carothers, Andrew, and Catharine London. ... 2, Carothers, Jared, and Nancy Bow. 1808, Sept. 13, Carothers, John, and Patty Quigley. ..."

4. History of Political Conventions in California by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
"A state committee was selected, consisting of Wm. Jennings, George Hagar, WH Brown, JF Crank, WH Sears, TL Carothers, JH Nefi, JA Orr, AJ Rhoads, C. Green, ..."

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