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Abraum salts
Abraum A*braum" or Abraum salts A*braum" salts, n. [Ger.,
fr. abr["a]umen to remove.]
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride
of potassium.
Black salts
Black salts Black" salts`
Crude potash. --De Colange.
Epsom salts
Epsom salts Ep"som salts` or salt salt` (Med.)
Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; --
originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at
Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from
sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous
hydrate of magnesia.
Lixivial saltsLixivial Lix*iv"i*al, a. [L. lixivius, fr. lix ashes, lye
ashes, lye: cf. F. lixiviel.]
1. Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts
extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or
salts like a lixivium. --Boyle.
2. Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
3. Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood
ashes.
Lixivial salts (Old Chem.), salts which are obtained by
passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them. Salts of lemonLemon Lem"on (l[e^]m"[u^]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[=u]n;
cf. Ar. laim[=u]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. Lime a
fruit.]
1. (Bot.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange,
and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is
produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the
common fruit known in commerce being that of the species
C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many
varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.
2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
Lemon grass (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass
(Andropogon Sh[oe]nanthus, and perhaps other allied
species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.
Lemon sole (Zo["o]l.), a yellow European sole (Solea
aurantiaca).
Salts of lemon (Chem.), a white crystalline substance,
inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium
oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the
characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also salts of
sorrel. It is used in removing ink stains. See Oxalic
acid, under Oxalic. [Colloq.] salts of sorrelLemon Lem"on (l[e^]m"[u^]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[=u]n;
cf. Ar. laim[=u]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. Lime a
fruit.]
1. (Bot.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange,
and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is
produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the
common fruit known in commerce being that of the species
C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many
varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.
2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
Lemon grass (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass
(Andropogon Sh[oe]nanthus, and perhaps other allied
species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.
Lemon sole (Zo["o]l.), a yellow European sole (Solea
aurantiaca).
Salts of lemon (Chem.), a white crystalline substance,
inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium
oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the
characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also salts of
sorrel. It is used in removing ink stains. See Oxalic
acid, under Oxalic. [Colloq.] Smelling salts
Smelling salts Smell"ing salts
An aromatic preparation of carbonate of ammonia and, often,
some scent, to avoid or relieve faintness, headache, or the
like.
Meaning of SALTS from wikipedia
- part of a
continuous three-dimensional network.
Salts usually form
crystalline structures when solid.
Salts composed of
small ions
typically have high melting...
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Smelling salts, also
known as
ammonia inhalants,
spirit of
hartshorn or sal volatile, are
chemical compounds used as
stimulants to
restore consciousness...
- Salt is a
dietary mineral, used for
flavoring and preservation. Salt or
salts may also
refer to: Salt (chemistry), an
ionic compound Epsom salt, magnesium...
- Bath
salts (also
called psychoactive bath
salts, PABS) are a
group of
recreational designer drugs. The name
derives from
instances in
which the
drugs were...
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Adderall and
Mydayis are
trade names for a
combination drug
containing four
salts of amphetamine. The
mixture is
composed of
equal parts racemic amphetamine...
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Andrews Liver Salts was a
laxative and
antacid for mild
stomach complaints. It was sold as a
powder which is
added to
water and mixed,
creating effervescence...
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Sodium salts are
salts composed of a
sodium cation and the
conjugate base
anion of some
inorganic or
organic acids. They can be
formed by the neutralization...
- Bath
salts are water-soluble,
pulverized minerals that are
added to
water to be used for bathing. It is said that
these salts improve cleaning, enhance...
- brilliant-white light. The
metal is
obtained mainly by
electrolysis of
magnesium salts obtained from brine. It is less
dense than
aluminium and is used primarily...
- Hanks'
salts is a
collective group of
salts rich in
bicarbonate ions,
formulated in 1940 by the
microbiologist John H. Hanks. Typically, they are used...
