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Laky :: Laky (a.) Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.

Oil :: Oil (n.) Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol..

Insolvent :: Insolvent (a.) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate..

Displacement :: Displacement (n.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent..

Gum Ammoniac :: Gum ammoniac (n.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters..

Failing :: Failing (n.) The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.

Camphine :: Camphine (n.) Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes..

Insolvent :: Insolvent (a.) Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor..

Absolvent :: Absolvent (n.) An absolver.

Resolvent :: Resolvent (a.) Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.

Dissolvative :: Dissolvative (n.) Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent..

Solvent :: Solvent (a.) Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid..

Blacklist :: Blacklist (v. t.) To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a..

Insolvency :: Insolvency (n.) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency..

Nonsolvent :: Nonsolvent (a.) Not solvent; insolvent.

Dissolvent :: Dissolvent (n.) That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent..

Solvency :: Solvency (n.) The quality or state of being solvent.

Dissolvent :: Dissolvent (n.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc..

"alkahest :: Alkahest (n.) The fabled universal solvent of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies..

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