Word Meanings - EPSOMITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.
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- SULPHATE
A salt of sulphuric acid. - MAGNESIA
A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium. - NATIVE
1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. Cudworth. 2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances - NATIVE STEEL
A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore. - EPSOM SALTS; EPSOM SALT
Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate - NATIVELY
By natural or original condition; naturally; originally. - EPSOMITE
Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt. - NATIVENESS
The quality or state of being native. - MAGNESIAN
Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing, magnesia or magnesium. Magnesian limestone. See Dolomite. - ELIMINATIVE
Relating to, or carrying on, elimination. - NOMINATIVELY
In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative. - EMANATIVE
Issuing forth; effluent. - DOMINATIVE
Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys. - REGNATIVE
Ruling; governing. - COORDINATIVE
Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs. - DENOMINATIVE
Connotative; as, a denominative name. 3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. The least denominative part of time is a minute. Cocker. (more info) 1. Conferring a denomination or name. - GLUTINATIVE
Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous. - CONGLUTINATIVE
Conglutinant. - URINATIVE
Provoking the flow of urine; uretic; diuretic. Bacon. - EMANATIVELY
By an emanation. - ALTERNATIVENESS
The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two. - DESIGNATIVE
Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out. - HYPOSULPHATE
A salt of hyposulphuric acid. - GERMINATIVE
Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop. Germinative spot, Germinative vesicle. Same as Germinal spot, Germinal vesicle, under Germinal. - BISULPHATE
A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal sulphates; an acid sulphate.