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Lye
/laɪ/
An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
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noun
- 1
An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
- 2
Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lixiviumnoun | A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes. |
| potassanoun | (obsolete) The chemical compound potassium hydroxide. |
| potashnoun | The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts). |
| naohnoun | (inorganic chemistry) sodium hydroxide |
| peelingnoun | The act of removing the outer surface in strips. |
| causticnoun | Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue. |
| hominynoun | A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits. |
| tisnoun | Initialism of truth in sentencing. |
| leachantnoun | A liquid used in leaching. |
| leachatenoun | (soil science) The liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material. |
| leachingnoun | The process by which something is leached. |
| batenoun | Strife; contention. |
| liquefactverb | To undergo or cause to undergo liquefaction. |
| lixiviatenoun | leachate |
| liqueficationnoun | Alternative form of liquefaction. [The process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas).] |
| alkaline hydrolysisnoun | An alternative to cremation in which a dead body is dissolved in caustic soda solution (potassium hydroxide, KOH) |
| lixiviationnoun | The process of lixiviating. |
| liquefactionnoun | The process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas). |
| liquornoun | (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) Strong (high-ABV) alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation. |
| lime burningnoun | The production of quicklime by the heating of limestone to a high temperature in a lime kiln. |
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