APage 74
- English Word Acetify Definition To turn acid.
- English Word Acetifying Definition of Acetify
- English Word Acetimeter Definition An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.
- English Word Acetimetry Definition The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it.
- English Word Acetin Definition A combination of acetic acid with glycerin.
- English Word Acetize Definition To acetify.
- English Word Acetometer Definition Same as Acetimeter.
- English Word Acetone Definition A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.
- English Word Acetonic Definition Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies.
- English Word Acetose Definition Sour like vinegar; acetous.
- English Word Acetosity Definition The quality of being acetous; sourness.
- English Word Acetous Definition Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
- English Word Acetous Definition Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.
- English Word Acetyl Definition A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid.
- English Word Acetylene Definition A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant.
- English Word Ach Definition Alt. of Ache
- English Word Achaean Definition Alt. of Achaian
- English Word Achaian Definition Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.
- English Word Achaian Definition A native of Achaia; a Greek.
- English Word Acharnement Definition Savage fierceness; ferocity.