Definitions for litharges

litharges lith·arge

Spelling: [lith-ahrj, li-thahrj]
IPA: /ˈlɪθ ɑrdʒ, lɪˈθɑrdʒ/

Litharges is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 837 anagrams from letters in litharges (aeghilrst).

Definitions for litharges

noun

  1. a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.

Origin of litharges

1350-1400; earlier litarge, litharge, Middle English litarge Middle French, apocopated variant of litargire Latin lithargyrus Greek lithárgyros spume of silver, equivalent to lith- Examples for litharges

Afterward he tamps the channel through which the litharge discharges.

For my part I have found litharge, which is nothing else but lead, for a pound of litharge, you shall extract 14.

Other forms substitute an equal weight of litharge for the graphite.

In this passage there is no mention of litharge, but of other mixtures.

It is manufactured in two forms, known as “massicot” and “litharge.”

The heat ought never to be urged so far as to melt the litharge.

In the proportion of an ounce of litharge to a quart of oil.

The Latin term for litharge is spuma argenti, spume of silver.

Another way is to take two unciae of ore, a semi-uncia of litharge, two drachmae of Venetian glass and a semi-uncia of saltpetre.

The best solvents of litharge are nitric acid and acetic acid.

Word Value for litharges
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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