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A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound. [R.] Berzelius.

Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral. [R.] Smart.

A salt amygdalic acid.

Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid.

by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.

Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.

An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [R.]

d by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.

Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.

Methyl phenyl ether, C6H5OCH3, got by distilling anisic acid or by the action of methide on potassium phenolate.

The univalent radical CH3OC6H4CO, of anisic acid.

An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.

e of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical. [Written also antimoniate.]

se compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.

ony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.

A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.