Word Meanings - SALIFIABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said of bases; thus, ammonia is salifiable.
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- NEUTRALIZE
To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base. 3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference - AMMONIATED
Combined or impregnated with ammonia. - SALIFIABLE
Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said of bases; thus, ammonia is salifiable. - NEUTRALIZER
One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body. - AMMONIACAL FERMENTATION
Any fermentation process by which ammonia is formed, as that by which urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposed to the air. - CAPABLENESS
The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency. - AMMONIAC; AMMONIACAL
Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas. Ammoniacal engine, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia is used as the motive force. -- Sal ammoniac Etym: , the salt usually called chloride of - AMMONIAC; GUM AMMONIAC
The concrete juice of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet - AMMONIA
A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn. (more info) near the temple of Jupiter Ammon, by burning camel's dung. See - NEUTRALIZATION
The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See Neutral, a., 4. (more info) 1. The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized. - CAPABLE
1. Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior. 2. - UNCAPABLE
Incapable. "Uncapable of conviction." Locke. - INCAPABLE
Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit - OVERCAPABLE
Too capable. Overcapable of such pleasing errors. Hooker. - UNSCAPABLE
Not be escaped; inevitable. Wyclif. - OXYAMMONIA
See HYDROXYLAMINE - SCAMMONIATE
Made from scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient. - INESCAPABLE
Not escapable. - INCAPABLENESS
The quality or state of being incapable; incapability. - ESCAPABLE
Avoidable.