Rancid: alternatives and connections

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…

Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; a…

Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter o…

Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.

To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation…

The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinit…

A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the…

A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world t…

An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank;…

Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.

Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillabl…

The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, wh…

The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume.

Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight; slovenly; dingy. See Frowzy.

Musty. rancid; as, frowy butter.

A strong, musty smell; mustiness.