Word Meanings - BITARTRATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.

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• CREAM-FACED
  White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.
• HYDROGENIUM
  Hydrogen; -- called also in view of its supposed metallic nature. Graham.
• TARTAREOUS
  Having the surface rough and crumbling; as, many lichens are tartareous. (more info) 1. Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
• CREAM-SLICE
  A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.
• TARTARUM
  See TARTAR
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• CREAMINESS
  The quality of being creamy.
• TARTAREAN; TARTAREOUS
  Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
• HYDROGEN
  A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air , and over eleven thousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of
• HYDROGENATE
  To hydrogenize.
• CREAM
  1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained. 2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface.
• TARTAROUS
  Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.
• TARTARIC
  Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar. Tartaric acid. An acid widely diffused throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance, C2H2
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• HYDROGENIDE
  A binary compound containing hydrogen; a hydride. See Hydride.
• CREAMY
  Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. "Creamy bowis." Collins. "Lines of creamy spray." Tennyson. "Your creamy words but cozen." Beau & Fl.
• CREAM LAID
  See LAID
• TARTARINE
  Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.
• TARTRATED
  Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.
• CREAM-FRUIT
  A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.
• PYROTRITARTARIC
  Designating an acid which is more commonly called uric acid.
• BITARTRATE
  A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.
• SCREAMER
  Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidæ, and the suborder Palamedeæ. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for