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Horn :: Horn (n.) The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn..

Phosphaturia :: Phosphaturia (n.) The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.

Phosphatic :: Phosphatic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus, phosphoric acid, or phosphates; as, phosphatic nodules..

Hopeite :: Hopeite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals.

Phosphate :: Phosphate (n.) A salt of phosphoric acid.

Herderite :: Herderite (n.) A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals..

Libethenite :: Libethenite (n.) A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper..

Sulphophosphite :: Sulphophosphate (n.) A salt of sulphophosphoric acid.

Super :: Super- () A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-..

Aluminic :: Aluminic (a.) Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate..

Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man

Brushite :: Brushite (n.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.

Guano :: Guano (n.) A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer..

Uranite :: Uranite (n.) A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite..

Turquois :: Turquois (n.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface..

Wagnerite :: Wagnerite (n.) A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms..

Ludlamite :: Ludlamite (n.) A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron..

Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime..

Superphysical :: Superphosphate (n.) An acid phosphate.

Eosphorite :: Eosphorite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name..

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