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| aluminum hydroxide |
a white, water-insoluble powder used as an antacid and to waterproof fabric and manufacture glass. |
| barium sulfate |
an opaque insoluble white powder that is used as a pigment in paints and a filler for plastics and textiles, and is swallowed as a diagnostic aid in x-ray examination of the stomach and intestines. |
| cyclonite |
an insoluble, crystalline, nitrogen compound used as an explosive or as rat poison. |
| DDT |
a powerful pesticide, insoluble in water, currently restricted in the United States because of adverse effects on the environment; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. |
| heptachlor |
an insoluble waxy solid used as an insecticide. |
| insolvable |
impossible to solve; insoluble. |
| slurry |
a thin suspension of an insoluble substance, such as clay, in water or another liquid. |
| vat dye |
a colorfast dye applied to cloth in a soluble form and then oxidized to an insoluble form in the cloth. |
| warfarin |
a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and water-insoluble crystalline compound used to kill rodents and, in medicine, to prevent coagulation. |
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