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A salt formed by the union of benzoic acid with any salifiable base.

Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better.

Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.

g to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic.

A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice. Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper. Cooley. Brande & C.

A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also dichromate.

To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow.

Altercation; wrangling.

es, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.

from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.

the dishes (with prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc. -- Bill of health, a certificate from the proper authorities as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time of her leaving port. -- Bill of indictment, a written accusation lawfully presented to a grand jury. If the jury consider t…

A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base. Graham.

An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.

A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.

s of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm.

A salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.

A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.

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

ry good fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite. Walton.

ing strong bitter taste but with no sharply defined chemical characteristics. -- Bitter salt, Epsom salts;; magnesium sulphate. -- Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia. -- To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however calamitous.