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  • English Word Salic Definition Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called.
  • English Word Salicaceous Definition Belonging or relating to the willow.
  • English Word Salices Definition of Salix
  • English Word Salicin Definition A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
  • English Word Salicyl Definition The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.
  • English Word Salicylal Definition A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet (Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous, / spiroylous, acid.
  • English Word Salicylate Definition A salt of salicylic acid.
  • English Word Salicylic Definition Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.
  • English Word Salicylide Definition A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.
  • English Word Salicylite Definition A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.
  • English Word Salicylol Definition Same as Salicylal.
  • English Word Salicylous Definition Pertaining to, or designating, a substance formerly called salicylous acid, and now salicylal.
  • English Word Salience Definition The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
  • English Word Salience Definition The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion.
  • English Word Saliency Definition Quality of being salient; hence, vigor.
  • English Word Salient Definition Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
  • English Word Salient Definition Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
  • English Word Salient Definition Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
  • English Word Salient Definition Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
  • English Word Salient Definition Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.
  • English Word Salient Definition A salient angle or part; a projection.
  • English Word Saliently Definition In a salient manner.
  • English Word Saliferous Definition Producing, or impregnated with, salt.
  • English Word Salifiable Definition Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said of bases; thus, ammonia is salifiable.
  • English Word Salification Definition The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified.
  • English Word Salified Definition of Salify
  • English Word Salify Definition To combine or impregnate with a salt.
  • English Word Salify Definition To form a salt with; to convert into a salt; as, to salify a base or an acid.
  • English Word Salifying Definition of Salify
  • English Word Saligenin Definition A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.