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  • 71mousse — /moohs/, n. 1. Cookery. a. a sweetened dessert with whipped cream as a base, often stabilized with gelatin and chilled in a mold: chocolate mousse. b. an aspic, unsweetened and containing meat, vegetables, or fish: salmon mousse. 2. a foamy… …

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  • 72sal volatile — /sal voh lat l ee / an aromatic alcoholic solution of ammonium carbonate, the chief ingredient in smelling salts. [1645 55; < NL: volatile salt] * * * …

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  • 73sorrel — sorrel1 /sawr euhl, sor /, n. 1. light reddish brown. 2. a horse of this color, often with a light colored mane and tail. adj. 3. of the color sorrel. [1400 50; late ME < OF sorel, equiv. to sor brown ( < Gmc) + el dim. suffix; see ELLE] sorrel2&#8230; …

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  • 74Procter & Gamble Company — ▪ American company       major American manufacturer of soaps, cleansers, and other household products. Headquarters are in Cincinnati, Ohio.       The company was formed in 1837 when William Procter, a British candlemaker, and James Gamble, an&#8230; …

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  • 75green soap — n a soft soap made from vegetable oils and used esp. in the treatment of skin diseases * * * [USP] a soap made by the saponification of vegetable oils, excluding coconut oil and palm kernel oil, without the removal of glycerin, the alkali being&#8230; …

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  • 76superglue — su·per·glue sü pər .glü n a very strong glue specif a glue whose chief ingredient is cyanoacrylate that becomes adhesive through polymerization rather than evaporation of a solvent …

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  • 77zinc peroxide — n any of various white to yellowish white powders that have the peroxide ZnO2 of zinc as their chief ingredient and are used chiefly as disinfectants, astringents, and deodorants …

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  • 78attapulgite — at·ta·pul·gite (at&#8243;&#601; pulґj&#299;t) [Attapulgus, a town in Georgia near which it is found] a hydrated aluminum silicate containing magnesium, which is the chief ingredient of fuller s earth (q.v.) …

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  • 79Tannenbaum —    (TAH nen baum) [German: tanning tree; hemlock] The hemlock tree, the traditional German Christmas tree. It gets its name from the use of its bark as the chief ingredient in a tanning solution …

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  • 80pound cake — noun N. Amer. a rich cake originally made with a pound of each chief ingredient …

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