Definition of impure

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Impure (a.) Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc..

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Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
Depuration :: Depuration (n.) The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound..
Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
Feculent :: Feculent (a.) Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.
Unclean :: Unclean (a.) Morally impure.
Drossy :: Drossy (superl.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless..
Stagnate :: Stagnate (v. t.) To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room..
Chloralum :: Chloralum (n.) An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant..
Uran-ochre :: Uran-ochre (n.) A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure..
Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..
Unpure :: Unpure (a.) Not pure; impure.
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes..
Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine..
Regulus :: Regulus (n.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores..
Impure :: Impure (a.) Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc..
Bavin :: Bavin (n.) Impure limestone.
Benzene :: Benzene (n.) A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum..
Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. t.) To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text..
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp..
Pyrolignic :: Pyrolignic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the acid liquid obtained in the distillation of wood, consisting essentially of impure acetic acid..
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