Saponaceous :: Saponaceous (a.) Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.

Saponacity :: Saponacity (n.) The quality or state of being saponaceous.

Saponary :: Saponary (a.) Saponaceous.

Saponifiable :: Saponifiable (a.) Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance..

Saponification :: Saponification (n.) The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate..

Saponified :: Saponified (imp. & p. p.) of Saponif.

Saponifier :: Saponifier (n.) That which saponifies; any reagent used to cause saponification.

Saponify :: Saponify (v. t.) To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate..

Saponifying :: Saponifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saponif.

Saponin :: Saponin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type..

Saponite :: Saponite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock..

Saponul :: Saponul (n.) A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil..

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