an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) | any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water |
a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts | a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture |
a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes. | |
(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight | |