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| iodized salt |
ordinary table salt combined with a small amount of sodium or potassium iodide. |
| lye |
a corrosive substance, esp. potassium or sodium hydroxide, usu. dissolved in water. |
| mercerize |
to treat (cotton thread or cloth) with sodium hydroxide to increase its strength, dye absorption, and luster. |
| Na |
symbol of the chemical element sodium. |
| niter |
a whitish salt, potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate, used in gunpowder or fertilizer; saltpeter. |
| nitrate |
potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate used as fertilizer. [1/3 definitions] |
| rock salt |
common salt in solid form, occurring in large irregular rocklike masses; natural sodium chloride. |
| saleratus |
sodium or potassium bicarbonate used in cooking and baking; baking soda. |
| sal soda |
a hydrated, crystallized sodium carbonate used esp. as a cleanser. |
| salt |
the white or colorless solid compound known chemically as sodium chloride and used chiefly for preserving and seasoning foods; a constituent of seawater. [1/10 definitions] |
| salt cake |
impure sodium sulfate, used in the manufacture of paper pulps, soaps, detergents, dyes, and ceramic glazes. |
| salt lick |
a natural deposit of salt that animals lick to obtain sodium. |
| soda |
any of several sodium compounds, such as sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide. [2/5 definitions] |
| soda ash |
crude sodium carbonate, used in water treatment and the manufacture of industrial products. |
| soda water |
a mixture of water, sodium bicarbonate, and sometimes acid. [1/2 definitions] |
| sodium |
a highly reactive chemical element of the alkali metal group that has eleven protons in each nucleus and that occurs naturally only in compounds such as sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate. (symbol: Na) |
| sodium benzoate |
a sweet odorless white powder, the sodium salt of benzoic acid, used as a food preservative and antiseptic; benzoate of soda. |
| sodium bicarbonate |
a white water-soluble powder used as a fire extinguisher and antacid, and in the manufacture of mineral water, baking soda, and sodium salts; bicarbonate of soda; baking soda. |
| sodium carbonate |
a grayish-white powder, the anhydrous sodium salt of carbonic acid, used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soap, and sodium salts, and in bleaching and water treatment; soda ash. [2 definitions] |
| sodium hyposulfite |
see "sodium thiosulfate." |
| sodium thiosulfate |
a white crystalline compound, used as a fixing agent in photography, and as a bleach and antichlor; sodium hyposulfite, hyposulfite, or hypo. |
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