Crossword-Solution: TEPP
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Liquid ester: Abbr. | 1 answer |
| tetraethylpyrophosphate | 3 answers |
| pesticide | 16 answers |
| insecticide | 23 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
MEAECZ
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with TEPP (5)
Three insecticides were tested at Anna, Illinois, Lindane, parathion, and tetra ethyl pyro phosphate, known as TEPP.
Pecan spittle bug effect of 1951 sprays on terminal shoots in spring of 1952 =================================================== Dead shoots Treatment per hundred Check 87 TEPP 62 Parathion 17 Lindane 4 =================================================== Since these terminals shoots later develop most of the nuts it would appear that the pecan spittle bug is responsible for much of the loss of crop under these heavy infestations.
The hexa-ethylester of tetraphosphoric acid, prepared by Gerhard Schrader by heating triethylphosphate with phosphorus oxychloride,[41] actually contains tetraethylpyrophosphate (TEPP) among others.
Reducing the Damage The insecticides Sevin and TEPP are effective against the cicada, Sevin being preferred when residue restrictions do not prevent its use because of its much greater residual effectiveness.
Prepare a TEPP spray by mixing one-half pint of a 20-percent concentrate, or one-fourth pint of a 40-percent concentrate, with 100 gallons of water.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1972).