Definitions for realgar

realgar re·al·gar

Spelling: [ree-al-ger, -gahr]
IPA: /riˈæl gər, -gɑr/

Realgar is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in realgar (aaeglrr).

Definitions for realgar

noun

  1. arsenic disulfide, As 2 S 2 , found in nature as an orange-red mineral and also produced artificially: used in pyrotechnics.

Origin of realgar

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin realger ≪ Arabic rahj al-ghār powder of the mine or cave

Examples for realgar

A mounting medium of the highest refractive index, such as realgar, is required to resolve the stri.

As for the refining of Metals, the Indians are wholly ignorant of it, being content with the realgar.

To the unctuous juices belong these species: sulphur, bitumen, realgar and orpiment.

In former times, orpiment, like realgar, was employed in medicine.

Another method is to place the skins in a paste of lime to which realgar has been added in slaking.

Note: realgar: The Chinese believe that realgar is a mithridate and tonic.

Then his wife untied him, carried him to bed, and gave him wine mingled with realgar to drink.

An alternative to the above process is to hasten the earlier part of the liming by employing sodium sulphide instead of realgar.

Cinnabar, realgar, orpiment and coal form the rest of the mineral products of Kwei-chow.

There is also a flux which separates sulphur, orpiment and realgar from metalliferous ore.

Word Value for realgar
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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