Word Meanings - METALLOID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.

• Earthliness
  The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
• Earthworm
  Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.
• Metallical
  See Metallic.
• Supposed
  of Suppose
• Alkalizate
  Alkaline.
• ALKALISOIL
  Any 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 i
• Appliedly
  By application.
• Charactery
  The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.
• Earthed
  of Earth
• Earthling
  An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.
• Metallicly
  In a metallic manner; by metallic means.
• Supposing
  of Suppose
• Alkalization
  The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
• ALKALIWASTE
  Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.
• Applier
  He who, or that which, applies.
• Definable
  Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words.
• Earthing
  of Earth
• Earthly
  Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise.

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