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tartar

('t/A/rt/@/r )

Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a salt used especially in baking powder(noun.substance)

Synonym:
cream of tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate

source: wordnet30
a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman(noun.person)

Synonym:
dragon

source: wordnet30
a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century(noun.person)

Synonym:
mongol tatar, tatar

source: wordnet30
an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums(noun.object)

Synonym:
calculus, tophus

source: wordnet30
A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913
A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.(noun)

source: webster1913
See Tartarus.(noun)

source: webster1913

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