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10 words match “DECOLOR”

DECOLOR v.
To deprive of color; to bleach.
DECOLORANT n.
A substance which removes color, or bleaches.
DECOLORATE v. 2 definitions
To decolor.
DECOLORATION n.
The removal or absence of color. Ferrand.
DECOLORIZE v.
To deprive of color; to whiten. Turner. -- De*col`or*i*za"tion, n.
BONE n.
onverted by calcination in close vessels; -- called also animal charcoal. It is used as a decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc., and as a black pigment. See Ivory black, under Black. -- Bone cave, a cave in which are found bones of extinct or recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bon…
CHLOROMETER n.
An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.
CHROMOPHANE n.
nt in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.
PHENOLPHTHALEIN; PHENOL PHTHALEIN n.
anhydride of phthalic acid and phenol. Its solution in alkalies is brilliant red, but is decolorized by acids. This reaction, being very delicate, is used as an indicator.
PHTHALEIN n.
nce made from phthalic acid and phenol. Its solution in alkalies is brilliant red, but is decolorized by acids, and as this reaction is exceedingly delicate it is used as an indicator.