Antichlor :: Antichlor (n.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.

Aurochloride :: Aurochloride (n.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate..

Bichloride :: Bichloride (n.) A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride.

Breechloader :: Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

Chloasma :: Chloasma (n.) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots.

Chloral :: Chloral (n.) A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol..

Chloral :: Chloral (n.) Chloral hydrate.

Chloralamide :: Chloralamide (n.) A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.

Chloralism :: Chloralism (n.) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.

Chloralum :: Chloralum (n.) An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant..

Chloranil :: Chloranil (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline..

Chlorate :: Chlorate (n.) A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium..

Chloraurate :: Chloraurate (n.) See Aurochloride.

Chlorhydric :: Chlorhydric (a.) Same as Hydrochloric.

Chlorhydrin :: Chlorhydrin (n.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.

Chloric :: Chloric (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3..

Chloridate :: Chloridate (v. t.) To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography..

Chloride :: Chloride (n.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt)..

Chloridic :: Chloridic (a.) Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.

Chloridize :: Chloridize (v. t.) See Chloridate.

Chlorimetry :: Chlorimetry (n.) See Chlorometry.

Chlorinate :: Chlorinate (v. t.) To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine..

Chlorinated :: Chlorinated (imp. & p. p.) of Chlorinat.

Chlorinating :: Chlorinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chlorinat.

Chlorination :: Chlorination (n.) The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas..

Chlorine :: Chlorine (n.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4..

Chloriodic :: Chloriodic (a.) Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.

Chloriodine :: Chloriodine (n.) A compound of chlorine and iodine.

Chlorite :: Chlorite (n.) The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia..

Chlorite :: Chlorite (n.) Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium..

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