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Nocturn :: Nocturn (n.) One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service..

Platinocyanide :: Platinocyanide (n.) A double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinocyanic acid.

Xanthinine :: Xanthinine (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric acid, produced as a white powder; -- so called because it forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like quinine..

Lye :: Lye (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc..

Hypochlorite :: Hypochlorite (n.) A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride..

Branchiopoda :: Branchiopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense..

Powder :: Powder (v. i.) To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily..

Bittern :: Bittern (a.) The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains..

Salad :: Salad (n.) A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc..

Brinish :: Brinish (a.) Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish.

Gabelle :: Gabelle (n.) A tax, especially on salt..

Vell :: Vell (n.) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag..

Basaltiform :: Basaltiform (a.) In the form of basalt; columnar.

Deliquesce :: Deliquesce (v. i.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies..

Sack :: Sack (n.) A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels..

Oxanilate :: Oxanilate (n.) A salt of oxanilic acid.

Salso-acid :: Salso-acid (a.) Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.

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..

Brine :: Brine (n.) The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake..

Augite :: Augite (n.) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene..

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