Definition of ethereal

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Ethereal (a.) Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions..

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Tropeine :: Tropeine (n.) Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from the alkaloidal base tropine.
Ketone :: Ketone (n.) One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor..
Sulphinide :: Sulphinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of acids regarded as acid ethereal salts of hyposulphurous acid; as, methyl sulphinic acid, CH3.SO.OH, a thick unstable liquid..
Chloroform :: Chloroform (n.) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain..
Ethereous :: Ethereous (a.) Formed of ether; ethereal.
Etherealize :: Etherealize (v. t.) To render ethereal or spiritlike.
Ethereal :: Ethereal (a.) Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc..
Ester :: Ester (n.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc..
Siderealize :: Siderealize (v. t.) To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize..
Sulphonium :: Sulphonic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline substance..
Oenanthic :: Oenanthic (a.) Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. Oenanthylic..
Etherealization :: Etherealization (n.) An ethereal or spiritlike state.
Skyish :: Skyish (a.) Like the sky, or approaching the sky; lofty; ethereal..
Aery :: Aery (a.) Aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.
Ethereally :: Ethereally (adv.) In an ethereal manner.
Spirituous :: Spirituous (a.) Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure..
Ethereality :: Ethereality (n.) The state of being ethereal; etherealness.
Saponify :: Saponify (v. t.) To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate..
Ichor :: Ichor (n.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
Spirituosity :: Spiritielle (a.) Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal..
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