Definition of tartar

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

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Seljukian :: Seljukian (a.) Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century..
Tartarus :: Tartarus (n.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general..
Equivorous :: Equivorous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars..
Subtectacle :: Subtartarean (a.) Being or living under Tartarus; infernal.
Tartareous :: Tartareous (a.) Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
Mesotartaric :: Mesotartaric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also inactive tartaric acid..
Tartarize :: Tartarize (v. t.) To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar..
Tartralic :: Tartralic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; -- called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid..
Litmus :: Litmus (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein..
Tartarean :: Tartarean (a.) Alt. of Tartareou.
Tartar :: Tartar (a.) Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars..
Khan :: Khan (n.) A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them..
Adansonia :: Adansonia (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth..
Tartaric :: Tartaric (a.) Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar..
Tartarine :: Tartarine (n.) Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar..
Kibitka :: Kibitka (n.) A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.
Lithobilic :: Lithobilic (a.) Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from certain bile products, as bezoar stones..
Tartarated :: Tartarated (a.) Tartrated.
Tartarian :: Tartarian (n.) The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian..
Cham :: Cham (n.) The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan.
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