Borax: alternatives and connections

A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.

The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. B…

A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray,…

Of or pertaining to the ash tree.

Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

A prayer.

A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.

A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray…

The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place o…

One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work.

A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime,…

The soldering ir uniting of me/ als.

Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing com…

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, t…

Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.