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3 words match “HOULET”

HOULET n.
An owl. See Howlet.
HOWLET n.
An owl; an owlet. [Written also houlet.] R. Browning.
SOLUTION n.
gh density, as a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide (called the Sonstadt or Thoulet solution) having a maximum specific gravity of 3.2, or of borotungstate of cadium (Klein solution, specific gravity 3.6), and the like. Such solutions are much used in determining the specific gravities of minerals, and in…