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SAL
Proper noun
Sal
A diminutive of the male given names Samuel, Salvador.
A diminutive of the female given name Sally.
One of the ten islands of Cape Verde.
Anagrams
• ALS, ALs, ASL, LAs, LSA, SLA, a/s/l, al's, als, asl, las
Etymology 1
Noun
sal (uncountable)
(chemistry, obsolete) salt
Usage notes
Was used predominantly to form the names of various chemical compounds.
Etymology 2
Noun
sal (plural sals)
Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree.
Anagrams
• ALS, ALs, ASL, LAs, LSA, SLA, a/s/l, al's, als, asl, las
Source: Wiktionary
Sal (sall), n. Etym: [Hind. s\'bel, Skr. ç\'bela.] (Bot.)
Definition: An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, and durable. [Written also saul.]
Sal (sâl), n. Etym: [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
Definition: Salt. Sal absinthii Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium).
– Sal acetosell\'91 Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
– Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth.
– Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also muriate of ammonia.
– Sal catharticus Etym: [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
– Sal culinarius Etym: [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium chloride.
– Sal Cyrenaicus. Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
– Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one alkaline.
– Sal diureticus Etym: [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
– Sal enixum Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
– Sal gemm\'91 Etym: [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
– Sal Jovis Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
– the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
– Sal Martis Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being. Mars.
– Sal microcosmicum Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt, under Microcosmic.
– Sal plumbi Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
– Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st Prunella.
– Sal Saturni Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
– Sal sedativus Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric acid.
– Sal Seignette Etym: [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.), Rochelle salt.
– Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium.
– Sal vitrioli Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc sulphate.
– Sal volatile. Etym: [NL.] (a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above. (b) Spirits of ammonia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
19 November 2024
SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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