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Bluing

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bluenounOf a blue hue.
blueingnounSynonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”).

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laundry bluenounA bluing (an agent used in laundering).
washing bluenounA bluing (an agent used in laundering).
whiteningnounThe process of making something white or whiter.
bleachingnounThe process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
brightenernounA chemical agent that absorbs ultraviolet and violet light and re-emits blue light by fluorescence, used to make fabric or paper look whiter.
bleaching agentnounAny substance added to a product in order to whiten it; a bleach
whitenernoun(countable, uncountable) Any substance used to whiten something; a bleach.
decolorantnounA substance that removes colour, or bleaches.
cerulescencenounBluishness
bleachnoun(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
buckingnounThe act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
blanchingnounThe act by which something is blanched.
blanchernounOne who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.
whitewashnoun(uncountable) A mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.
blackeningnoun(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
decolorizationnounthe removal of color from something; bleaching
whitenizationnounThe process, or the result, of whitenizing.
washnounThe process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
cleaning fluidnounA liquid cleaning agent.
decolorizernounThat which decolorizes.

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