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Argal :: Argal (n.) Crude tartar. See Argol.

Cham :: Cham (n.) The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan.

Levo- :: Levo- () Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc..

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..

Levogyrate :: Levogyrate (a.) Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc..

Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface..

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..

Uvitonic :: Uvitonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid..

Tartarous :: Tartarous (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable..

Tartary :: Tartary (n.) Tartarus.

Tartarize :: Tartarize (v. t.) To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest..

Argol :: Argol (n.) Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks..

Tartrelic :: Tartrelic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance..

Pyrotritartaric :: Pyrotritartaric (a.) Designating an acid which is more commonly called uric acid.

Tartarized :: Tartarized (imp. & p. p.) of Tartariz.

Equivorous :: Equivorous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars..

Tartarine :: Tartarine (n.) Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar..

Tartarean :: Tartarean (a.) Alt. of Tartareou.

Tartro- :: Tartro- () A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds or derivatives.

Raised :: Raised (a.) Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4..

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