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Word Meanings - ALUMINOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.

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  • ALUMINATE
    A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.
  • CONTAINMENT
    That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
  • ALUMINA
    One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3. Note: It is the oxide of the metal aluminium, the base of aluminous salts, a constituent of a large part of the earthy siliceous minerals, as the feldspars, micas,
  • SOLUTION
    The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption. Note: When a solvent will not
  • CONTAINANT
    A container.
  • PERTAIN
    stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
  • ALUMINOUS
    Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.
  • CONTAINABLE
    Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
  • ALUMINATED
    Combined with alumina.
  • CONTAINER
    One who, or that which, contains.
  • CONTAIN
    1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
  • MONSEL'S SOLUTION
    An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.
  • NONSOLUTION
    Failure of solution or explanation.
  • RESOLUTIONER
    One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott.
  • SELF-CONTAINED
    Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
  • LABARRAQUE'S SOLUTION
    An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.
  • DISSOLUTION
    1. The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation. Dissolutions of ancient amities. Shak. 2. Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting. 3. Change of form by chemical
  • RESOLUTIONIST
    One who makes a resolution.
  • FOWLER'S SOLUTION
    . An Fowler, an English physician who first brought it into use.
  • DOBELL'S SOLUTION
    An aqueous solution of carbolic acid, borax, sodium bicarbonate, and glycerin, used as a spray in diseases of the nose and throat.
  • RESOLUTION
    The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem. (more info) 1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. The act of

 

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