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DAMP |
Moist air |
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MOIST |
Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere
or air. |
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SULTRY |
Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and
oppressive, as air. |
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DELIQUIUM |
A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist
place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. |
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RUST |
The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to
moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by
extension, any metallic film of corrosion. |
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ATMOSPHERE |
The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a
special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room;
a moist or noxious atmosphere. |
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THALLIUM |
..., soft,
bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by
keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7. ... |
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ZINC |
...ecially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist
air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It
is used in making ... |
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MAGNESIUM |
...and
ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It
burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding
... |