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Steatite :: Stearyl (n.) The hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid.

Soap :: Soap (n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not..

Stearolic :: Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate..

Tearless :: Tearless (a.) Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.

Euphorbium :: Euphorbium (n.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned..

Tristearin :: Tristearin (n.) See Stearin.

Tearing :: Tearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tea.

Dry-eyed :: Dry-eyed (a.) Not having tears in the eyes.

Touze :: Touze (v. t. & i.) To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry.

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To rend; to tear.

Teary :: Teary (a.) Wet with tears; tearful.

Rug :: Rug (v. t.) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.

Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To move violently; to agitate.

Rupert''s Drop :: Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear..

Grampus :: Grampus (n.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii..

Rooter :: Rooter (n.) One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots..

Dislimb :: Dislimb (v. t.) To tear limb from limb; to dismember.

Tease :: Tease (v. t.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments..

Into :: Into (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits

Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture..

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