salt
Webster Dictionary
of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water
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na
(sodium, Na, atomic number 11)
Princeton's WordNet
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
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sodium
(sodium, Na, atomic number 11)
Princeton's WordNet
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
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atomic number 11
(sodium, Na, atomic number 11)
Princeton's WordNet
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
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salt
Webster Dictionary
overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass
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saltness
Webster Dictionary
the quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water
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salt flat
(salt flat, salt plain)
Princeton's WordNet
a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
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salt plain
(salt flat, salt plain)
Princeton's WordNet
a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
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sea
Webster Dictionary
one of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea
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anadromous
(əˈnæd rə məs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of fish) migrating from salt water to spawn in fresh water, as salmon
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saline
Webster Dictionary
a salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth
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hydrosalt
Webster Dictionary
a hydrous salt; a salt combined with water of hydration or crystallization
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bay salt
Webster Dictionary
salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce
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salt flat
(ˈsɔl tərn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an extensive level tract coated with salt deposits left by evaporation of rising ground water or a temporary body of surface water.
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smelt
(smelt)
Princeton's WordNet
small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
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salt
Webster Dictionary
to sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle
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alkali
(base, alkali)
Princeton's WordNet
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
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base
(base, alkali)
Princeton's WordNet
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
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fresh-water
Webster Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels
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atomic number 17
(chlorine, Cl, atomic number 17)
Princeton's WordNet
a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
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cl
(chlorine, Cl, atomic number 17)
Princeton's WordNet
a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
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chlorine
(chlorine, Cl, atomic number 17)
Princeton's WordNet
a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
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solar pond
(ˈsoʊ ləˌraɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a pool with a bottom layer of salt water and top layer of fresh water, designed to capture solar radiation as a source of energy for generating heat or electricity.
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cryohydrate
Webster Dictionary
a substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water
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globulin
Webster Dictionary
an albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions
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sea
Webster Dictionary
an inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee
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seawater
(ˈsiˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the salt water in or from the sea.
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saltchuck
(ˈsɔltˌtʃʌk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any body of salt water.
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saltwater
(ˈsɔltˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to salt water.
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saltwater
(ˈsɔltˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
inhabiting salt water:
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