any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
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rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combin…
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Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemi…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
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Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from t…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the…
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A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow wate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, cry…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: water, mixed, waste, matter.A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into th…
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