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Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water. Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. Arbuthnot.

Quality or state of being soluble.

Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid. Woodward.

The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. Boyle.

Not dissoluble; not capable of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied; insoluble; as few substances are indissoluble by heat, but many are indissoluble in water. Boyle.

Indissolubility. Sir M. Hale.

Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.

The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility. Boyle.

Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble. Boyle.

The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.

Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire. Boyle. -- Res"o*lu*ble*ness, n.

s obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used.

and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water is coagulated by heat ad by certain chemical reagents. Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat. -- Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the a…

one of various soils found in arid and semiarid regions, containing an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts which effloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white) in dry weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts is mainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a little li…

An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.

Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

mell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.

That part of the starch granule or granulose which is soluble in water.