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| cream of tartar |
a white powdery substance used in baking powder and food preparations, and in tinning metal; potassium bitartrate. |
| dust |
to cover with dust or other fine, powdery substance. [1/11 definitions] |
| dusty |
composed of or resembling dust; powdery. [1/3 definitions] |
| effloresce |
in chemistry, to become powdery or crystalline by chemical change or by evaporation upon exposure to air. [1/2 definitions] |
| farinaceous |
of a mealy or powdery appearance or texture. [1/3 definitions] |
| ferrous oxide |
a powdery black compound of iron used in making steel, a type of glass, and enamels. |
| flour |
a fine powdery substance. [1/4 definitions] |
| glaucous |
covered with a pale green or whitish powdery deposit, as plums, grapes, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| lithium carbonate |
a powdery salt used in making glass, ceramics, and dyes, and as a drug to treat manic-depressives. |
| magnesia |
a white, powdery oxide of magnesium, used esp. in medicine as a laxative or antacid. (See milk of magnesia.) |
| mealybug |
any of several destructive, soft-bodied, scalelike insects that secrete a white, powdery, waxy protective coating. |
| pearl ash |
a white powdery substance used to manufacture soap, glass, and the like; potassium carbonate. |
| smut |
any of various fungal plant diseases that result in the growth of dark, powdery masses of spores. [1/6 definitions] |
| yellowcake |
a powdery uranium concentrate used esp. in nuclear reactors that is obtained from the milling of uranium. |
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