n. [ Aurum + chloride. ] (Chem.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + chloride. ] (Chem.) A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; -- sometimes called corrosive sublimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a type of calorimeter made of a steel body which closes tightly and resists high pressure, designed for measuring the amount of heat developed durng chemical combustion of a quantity of combustible material in an oxygen atmosphere. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. calor heat; cf. F. calorique. ] (Physics) The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caloric expands all bodies. Henry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to caloric. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated by heated air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct. ] A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. calor heat. ] (Physics) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0° to 1°. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. calorifère, fr. L. calor heat + ferre to bear. ] An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique. ] Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calorific rays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. calorification. ] Production of heat, esp. animal heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorimètre. ] 1. (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc. For combustion processes, a bomb calorimeter may be used. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Satisfactory calorimetric results. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat + E. motor. ] (Physics) A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

‖n. [ NL., heater, fr. L. calor heat. ] An apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ From Chlorine. ] Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chloric ether (Chem.), ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid, under Dutch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. R. Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). [ 1913 Webster ]

Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac. --
Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting; -- called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. --
Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Chloridate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chlorometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chlorinated p. pr. & vb. n. Chlorinating. ] (Chem.) To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; pale green, greenish yellow. So named from its color. See Yellow. ] (Chem.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt (Sodium chloride). It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chlorine family, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiarities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A compound of chlorine and iodine. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;), fr. chlwro`s light green. ] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chlorite slate, a schistose or slaty rock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chlorous + -ite. ] (Chem.) Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 1st Chlorite. ] Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. color color + facere to make: cf. F. colorifique. ] Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Color + -meter: cf. F. colorimètre. ] An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Colorimeter. ] 1. The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dead coloring. See under Dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. coloriste. ] One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, and the rest of the good colorists. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of color; to whiten. Turner. -- De*col`or*i*za"tion n. [1913 Webster]

a. Deprived of glory; dishonored. [ Obs. ] “With thorns degloried.” G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a deploring manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + chloride. ] (Chem.) Same as Bichloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disglorified p. pr. & vb. n. Disglorifying. ] To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dolor pain + -ferous. ] Producing pain. Whitaker.

{ } a. [ LL. dolorificus; L. dolor pain + facere to make. ] Causing pain or grief. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. e'y`chlwro`s fresh and green; e'y^ well + chlwro`s pale green. ] (Chem.) Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric gas. Davy. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. euchlorine. See Euchloric. ] (Chem.) A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.

a. Employed in, or designed for, exploration. “Exploring parties.” Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. flos, floris, flower. ] Bloom; blossom. [ Obs. ] J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]