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Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime..

Tartramide :: Tartramide (n.) An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance..

Koumiss :: Koumiss (n.) An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in Europe..

Saleratus :: Saleratus (n.) Aerated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium.) It is largely used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders, and is used in the preparation of effervescing drinks..

Tartarus :: Tartarus (n.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general..

Tartarous :: Tartarous (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable..

Kibitka :: Kibitka (n.) A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.

Sherbet :: Sherbet (n.) A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder..

Tartarize :: Tartarize (v. t.) To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest..

Tartarine :: Tartarine (n.) Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar..

Mesotartaric :: Mesotartaric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also inactive tartaric acid..

Argal :: Argal (n.) Crude tartar. See Argol.

Pyrotartrate :: Pyrotartrate (n.) A salt of pyrotartaric acid.

Tartarean :: Tartarean (a.) Alt. of Tartareou.

Tartrovinic :: Tartrovinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid..

Crust :: Crust (n.) An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing..

Tartareous :: Tartareous (a.) Having the surface rough and crumbling; as, many lichens are tartareous..

Cham :: Cham (n.) The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan.

Litmus :: Litmus (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein..

Seljukian :: Seljukian (a.) Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century..

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