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Xylorcin :: Xylorcin (n.) A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline substance which on exposure in the air becomes red; -- called also betaorcin.

Chlorination :: Chlorination (n.) The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas..

Imbrown :: Imbrown (v. t.) To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure..

Pyrophorus :: Pyrophorus (n.) Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire..

Bask :: Bask (v. t.) To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.

Aeration :: Aeration (n.) A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.

Efflorescent :: Efflorescent (v. i.) That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt..

Exposure :: Exposure (n.) The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt..

Sun-struck :: Sunstroke (n.) Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil..

Murexan :: Murexan (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid..

Danger :: Danger (n.) Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity..

Fair-weather :: Fair-weather (a.) Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage..

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection..

Insolate :: Insolate (v. t.) To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure..

Exposure :: Exposure (n.) Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc..

Tachhydrite :: Tachhydrite (n.) A hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring in yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is found in the salt mines at Stassfurt.

Eremacausis :: Eremacausis (n.) A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals..

Actinium :: Actinium (n.) A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light..

Supine :: Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined..

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