Definitions for saponaceous

saponaceous sap·o·na·ceous

Spelling: [sap-uh-ney-shuh s]
IPA: /ˌsæp əˈneɪ ʃəs/

Saponaceous is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 577 anagrams from letters in saponaceous (aacenoopssu).

Definitions for saponaceous

adjective

  1. resembling soap; soapy.

Origin of saponaceous

1700-10; New Latin sāpōnāceus, equivalent to Latin sāpōn- (stem of sāpō) soap + -āceus -aceous

Examples for saponaceous

Trituration with water is an excellent way to get out of them all their saline and saponaceous contents.

When dry it did not fear water; though a saponaceous medium, it was not again soluble in water.

The cloth is padded again with the saponaceous liquor; and again spread on the grass, or dried hard in the stove.

Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous."

Color the grease very strongly with alkanet root, then proceed as for the manufacture of saponaceous cream.

If the matters digested with Spirit of Wine contain any saponaceous juices, the Spirit will take up those juices also.

In some cases, instead of the above substances, a little liquor of potassa is employed, by which a saponaceous emulsion is formed.

He forms his fifth and last class of the saponaceous, saccharine, and concrete or thick juices of vegetables.

And, for the matter of that, so was Mr. saponaceous Wood, of counsel.

Then the process was repeated with the other hand, and a quart of the saponaceous mush was packed in the right hand pocket.

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