Definition of salt

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Salt (n.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol..

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Rhodanic :: Rhodanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called sulphocyanic acid) which frms a red color with ferric salts..
Thallate :: Thallate (n.) A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.
Psalteries :: Psalteries (pl. ) of Psalter.
Purpurate :: Purpurate (n.) A salt of purpuric acid.
Article :: Article (n.) A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article..
Fresh :: Fresh (superl) Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or salted..
Base :: Base (n.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids..
Sulpharsenate :: Sulphantimonite (n.) A salt of sulphantimonious acid.
Erbium :: Erbium (n.) A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.
Morate :: Morate (n.) A salt of moric acid.
Nitroprussic :: Nitroprussic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance. It forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline subphides..
Phenolate :: Phenolate (n.) A compound of phenol analogous to a salt.
Muriatiferous :: Muriatiferous (a.) Producing muriatic substances or salt.
Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water..
Fluophosphate :: Fluophosphate (n.) A double salt of fluoric and phosphoric acids.
Oxonate :: Oxonate (n.) A salt of oxonic acid.
Bluefish :: Bluefish (n.) A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack..
Deflagrate :: Deflagrate (v. i.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt..
Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary..
Caprylate :: Caprylate (n.) A salt of caprylic acid.
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