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Meaning of "mescalin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MESCALIN

mescalin  [ˈmɛskəˌliːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MESCALIN

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mescalin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MESCALIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mescalin

Mescaline

Mescaline or 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine is a naturally occurring psychedelic alkaloid of the phenethylamine class, known for its hallucinogenic effects similar to those of LSD and psilocybin. It shares strong structural similarities with the catecholamine dopamine. It occurs naturally in the peyote cactus, the San Pedro cactus and in the Peruvian torch, and as well in a number of other members of the Cactaceae plant family. It is also found in small amounts in certain members of the Fabaceae family, including Acacia berlandieri. Laboratory synthetic mescaline. Biosynthesized by peyote, this was the first psychedelic compound to be extracted and isolated.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MESCALIN


arvicoline
ɑːˈvɪkəˌliːn
bengaline
ˈbɛŋɡəˌliːn
citrulline
ˈsɪtrəˌliːn
gasolene
ˈɡæsəˌliːn
gasoline
ˈɡæsəˌliːn
isoprenaline
ˌaɪsəʊˈprenəˌliːn
lobeline
ˈləʊbəˌliːn
Magdalene
ˈmæɡdəˌliːn
mescaline
ˈmɛskəˌliːn
methylnaphthalene
ˌmiːθaɪlˈnæpθəˌliːn
mezcaline
ˈmɛskəˌliːn
morpholine
ˈmɔːfəˌliːn
naphthaline
ˈnæfθəˌliːn
nickeline
ˈnɪkəˌliːn
pemoline
ˈpɛməˌliːn
percaline
ˈpɜːkəˌliːn
picoline
ˈpɪkəˌliːn
quinoline
ˈkwɪnəˌliːn
silkoline
ˈsɪlkəˌliːn
tourmaline
ˈtʊəməˌliːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MESCALIN

mesa
Mesa Verde
mesail
mesally
mesaraic
mesarch
mesaticephalic
mesaticephalous
mesaticephaly
mescal
mescaline
mescalism
mesclun
mesdames
mesdemoiselles
mese
meseemed
meseems
mesel
meseled

WORDS THAT END LIKE MESCALIN

Adrenalin
alkalin
amygdalin
cephalin
concanavalin
Cromalin
digitalin
dualin
enkephalin
formalin
hyalin
kephalin
naphthalin
noradrenalin
phthalin
ptyalin
Ritalin
Sakhalin
Stalin
trifluralin

Synonyms and antonyms of mescalin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mescalin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MESCALIN

Find out the translation of mescalin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mescalin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mescalin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

墨斯卡灵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mescalina
570 millions of speakers

English

mescalin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mescalin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mescalin
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мескалин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mescalin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mescalin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mescaline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mescalin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Meskalin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mescalin
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mescalin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mescalin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mescalin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mescalin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेस्कॅलिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mescalin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mescalin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mescalin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мескалін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mescalin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεσκαλίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mescalin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mescalin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mescalin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mescalin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MESCALIN»

The term «mescalin» is normally little used and occupies the 132.093 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MESCALIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mescalin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESCALIN»

Discover the use of mescalin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mescalin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Aldous Huxley: A Study of the Major Novels
R. C. Zaehner, in Mysticism, Sacred and Prcy'ane, accuses Huxley of 'equating his experience under the influence of mescalin both with the Beatific Vision and with the Sac-cid-ananda or “Being-Awareness-Bliss' of the Hindus' and therefore  ...
Peter Bowering, 2014
2
Autism and the Edges of the Known World: Sensitivities, ...
mind-altering drug — mescalin — to experience for himself how it changes the quality of consciousness in The Doors of Perception (1954/2004) and its sequel Heaven and Hell (1956/2004).7 However, Huxley warns that in some cases, ...
Olga Bogdashina, 2011
3
Aldous Huxley, Representative Man
In other words, with or without mescalin, his interpretations of what he sees will be very different from those of the person who has never gone much beyond ordinary awareness. His reactions to Cezanne's self-portrait are accentuated by ...
James Hull, Gerhard Wagner, 2004
4
New Scientist
Aldous Huxley, in The Doors of Perception, gives a good subjective account of his experiences after taking mescalin, a substance derived from cactus and the most widely known phantasticant. Psychologists and psychiatrists have been ...
5
Psychotic Art
I myself, when I was under mescalin, was fully aware of my surroundings, but I asked people irritably to leave me in peace, so that I could enjoy my hallucinations undisturbed. This increased introspective tendency is one of the characteristics ...
Reitman, Francis, 2013
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Huxley: A Beginner's Guide
Furthermore, he did not usually make the error of thinking that mescalin was a route to the same enlightened thinking that he believed the mystics experienced. The mescalin experience was what theologians call a 'gratuitous grace' – an ...
Kieron O'Hara, 2012
7
Moksha: Aldous Huxley's Classic Writings on Psychedelics and ...
Why they should have venerated itasa deitybecame apparent when such eminent psychologists as Jaensch,2 Havelock Ellis,3 and Weir Mitchell4 began their experiments with mescalin, the active principle of peyote. True, they stopped short ...
Aldous Huxley, Michael Horowitz, Cynthia Palmer, 1999
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The Myth of Meaning in the Work of C.G. Jung
Aldous Huxley described his experience with mescalin as a "sacramental vision of reality".44 Under the influence of mescalin, LSD and related chemicals there is a lowering of the threshold of consciousness but, as in waking fantasies, the ...
Aniela Jaffé, 1986
9
Dawn and the Darkest Hour: A Study of Aldous Huxley
first took mescalin in May 1953. Later he experimented with LSD. He continued at intervals to take both drugs until the end of his life, and he remained deeply interested in any experiments that went on in this field. As late as The Devils of ...
George Woodcock, 2007
10
Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World
Western psychologists discovered that mescalin, the active principle of this root, had profound effects upon consciousness. In the 1950s interest in these effects was heightened by the synthesis of the closely related substance LSD and an ...
Chris Frith, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MESCALIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mescalin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cyclospora outbreak hits Texas, sickening 182 people
... associated with eating fresh produce, including fresh cilantro, pre-packaged salad mix, raspberries, basil, snow peas, and mescalin lettuce. «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
2
Organic market open for business in Ingleside
Hoople Creek Farms specializes in greens, including lettuce, arugula, mescalin and kale. “We grow every week, week after week, for market,” ... «Standard Freeholder, Jul 15»
3
Former heroin addict warns Case School students about choices
"By senior year I had already tried coke (cocaine) maybe once or twice" as well as mescalin, and she got caught with the later and ended up on ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
4
Growers didn't let a bad winter stop them
Last season, Bickford said 90 percent of the produce he sold he grew in his high tunnels: spinach, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mescalin greens, ... «The Union Leader, Apr 15»
5
Psychedelics aren't linked to mental health problems – on the contrary
The findings were made for only three psychedelic drugs: LSD, psilocybin and mescalin. There are many other psychedelic drugs, of course, ... «ZME Science, Mar 15»
6
The Last Issue Of Swamp Thing Goes Very, Very Meta (SPOILERS)
... from Animal Man #19 by Grant Morrison and Chas Troug? In which Buddy Baker, high on mescalin, looked directly at the viewer and said,. «Bleeding Cool News, Mar 15»
7
Tutuguri, BBCSO, Nagano, Barbican
... screaming obscenities all the while, surrounded by a sunburnt band of fellow travellers all off their heads on mescalin, Tutuguri is definitely ... «The Arts Desk, Feb 15»
8
Sexuality, drugs and the delicious voice of Carol Lloyd
According to Lloyd, the dope she was smoking was infused with mescalin and heroin. “I'd be off my head, building space capsules in the ... «Gay News Network, Dec 14»
9
Re-reading the Famous Five and the Biggles series is not only …
Five Go Mad in Dorset, Five Go Mad on Mescalin and so on. The Famous Five were my friends. I think I bought the (surprisingly expensive) ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
10
From the archive, 4 October 1971: Spiders on LSD take a tangled trip
In a laboratory where temperature and light were regulated day and night, he dosed them with mescalin, caffeine, carbon monoxide, ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»

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