Definition of salt

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Salt (n.) Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass..

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Basaltiform :: Basaltiform (a.) In the form of basalt; columnar.
Decrepitation :: Decrepitation (n.) The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting..
Pyrophosphate :: Pyrophosphate (n.) A salt of pyrophosphoric acid.
Quinate :: Quinate (n.) A salt of quinic acid.
Metatungstic :: Metatungstic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid known only in its salts (the metatungstates) and properly called polytungstic, or pyrotungstic, acid..
Palmate :: Palmate (n.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate.
Euxanthin :: Euxanthin (n.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow..
Halite :: Halite (n.) Native salt; sodium chloride.
Ricinoleate :: Ricinoleate (n.) A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.
Brinish :: Brinish (a.) Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish.
Blote :: Blote (v. t.) To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat..
Sulphide :: Sulphauric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of gold (aurum), known only in its salts..
Crepitate :: Crepitate (v.) To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap..
Basaltic :: Basaltic (a.) Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava..
Morate :: Morate (n.) A salt of moric acid.
Perchlorate :: Perchlorate (n.) A salt of perchloric acid.
Hydrotellurate :: Hydrotellurate (n.) A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the base.
Abraum Salts :: Abraum salts (n.) A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
Branchiopoda :: Branchiopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense..
Phenolate :: Phenolate (n.) A compound of phenol analogous to a salt.
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