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Indigogen :: Indigogen (n.) See Indigo white, under Indigo..

Indoin :: Indoin (n.) A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen compounds..

Indol :: Indol (n.) A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora..

Indogen :: Indogen (n.) A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded as the essential nucleus of indigo..

Bluing :: Bluing (n.) Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen..

Indigoes :: Indigoes (pl. ) of Indig.

Indolin :: Indolin (n.) A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol, and obtained by the reduction of indigo white..

Anil :: Anil (n.) A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye..

Ceroon :: Ceroon (n.) A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc..

Urrhodin :: Urrhodin (n.) Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin..

Indigo :: Indigo (n.) A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors..

Indigometer :: Indigometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis..

Indium :: Indium (n.) A rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4..

Indican :: Indican (n.) An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also uroxanthin..

Indigometry :: Indigometry (n.) The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.

Indigogen :: Indigogen (n.) Same as Indican, 2..

Phenicine :: Phenicine (n.) A purple powder precipitated when a sulphuric solution of indigo is diluted with water.

Anilic :: Anilic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo..

Indin :: Indin (n.) A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol..

Sulphine :: Sulphindigotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained, as a blue solution, by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; -- formerly called also cerulic sulphuric acid, but properly called indigo-disulphonic acid..

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