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Unsaturated

Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.

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Dull 84% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Pure 94% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Pure 94% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Absorption noun · 78% connection

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a…

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Alkahest noun · 78% connection

The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.

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Assimilation noun · 78% connection

the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

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Bath noun · 78% connection

A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.

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Deliquescent adjective · 78% connection

Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquesce…

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Dissolution noun · 78% connection

The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution.

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Dissolvent noun · 78% connection

A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.

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Dissolving noun · 78% connection

the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water"

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Fehling noun · 78% connection

See Fehling's solution, under Solution.

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Fluorescein noun · 78% connection

a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium…

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Fomes noun · 78% connection

Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are…

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Greenhouse emission noun · 78% connection

a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation

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Hypertonicity noun · 78% connection

(of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than some other

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Hypotonicity noun · 78% connection

(of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a lower osmotic pressure than some other

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Indicator electrode noun · 78% connection

an electrode that responds to the excitation signal without affecting the composition of the solution being measured.; "The indicator…

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Knight banneret unknown · 78% connection

A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war w…

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Lixivium noun · 78% connection

A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.

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More adverb · 78% connection

In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree.

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