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Tartarous :: Tartarous (a.) Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous..

Uvitonic :: Uvitonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid..

Tartrate :: Tartrate (n.) A salt of tartaric acid.

Tartarized :: Tartarized (imp. & p. p.) of Tartariz.

Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A person of a keen, irritable temper..

Levo- :: Levo- () Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc..

Cudbear :: Cudbear (n.) A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea..

Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar..

Tartarian :: Tartarian (n.) The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian..

Tartarum :: Tartarum (n.) See 1st Tartar.

Argol :: Argol (n.) Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks..

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

Saiga :: Saiga (n.) An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears..

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

Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc..

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..

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..

Uvic :: Uvic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids..

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

Antimoniated :: Antimoniated (a.) Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar..

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