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1. acetozone, n. View full entry 1902
...A white crystalline solid with strong oxidizing properties, used as an antiseptic, disinfectant, and bleaching agent....
2. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
3. antichlor(e, n. View full entry 1866
...A substance used to obviate the injurious after-effects of chlorine in bleaching....
4. blancher, n.1 View full entry 1477
...He who or that which blanches or makes white....
5. bleach, n.1 View full entry c1050
...Whiteness, paleness. Obs....
6. bleacher, n. View full entry 1550
...One who bleaches....
7. bleachery, n. View full entry 1714
...A place where bleaching is done....
8. bleaching, n.1 View full entry 1552
...The art or process of whitening or cleansing by washing and exposure, or by chemical agents....
9. † ˈbleaker, n. View full entry 1611
...(See quot. 1611.)...
10. † ˈbleaking, n. View full entry a1627
...Bleaching. Also attrib., as in bleaking-house....
11. chemic, n. and adj. View full entry 1559
...A person skilled in chemistry or (in early use) alchemy; a person who makes chemical investigations; (in later use) a student of chemistry, a chemist. Cf. chemist1. Now ...
12. chlorine, n. View full entry 1810
...One of the non-metallic elements; a yellowish-green heavy gas (condensable by pressure into a yellow transparent liquid), having a peculiar irritating smell, and very active chemical properties. Symbol Cl; atomic weight, 35·5....
13. chlorometer, n. View full entry 1826
...An instrument for measuring the amount of chlorine in chlorinated lime, soda, or potash, with a view to estimating their bleaching power, etc....
14. ˈcrofter, n.2 View full entry 1772
...One who crofts or bleaches linen on the grass....
15. decolorize | decolourize, v. View full entry 1836-9
...trans. To deprive of colour....
16. grey | gray, adj. and n. View full entry a700
...The adjective denoting the colour intermediate between black and white, or composed of a mixture of black and white with little or no positive hue; ash-coloured, lead-coloured....
17. hydrogen, n. View full entry 1791
...One of the elements; a colourless, invisible, odourless gas; it burns with a pale-blue flame, whence its former name of inflammable air. It is the lightest substance known, having a...
18. Javelle, n. View full entry 1807
...eau de Javelle (also water of Javelle, Javelle('s) water): an aqueous solution containing potassium hypochlorite and used as a bleach or a disinfectant; also applied to a...
19. madder, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A herbaceous scrambling plant, Rubia tinctorum (family Rubiaceae), having rough hairy stems, rough whorled leaves, and panicles of small yellowish-green flowers, which is native to western and central...
20. † mango, n.3 View full entry 1870
...In Ireland: a substance used in the bleaching of linen....
