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.