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| antichlor |
any of several substances used to remove excess chlorine bleach from materials, such as paper or fabric, that have been bleached. |
| blanch |
to remove color from; make white; bleach. [1/5 definitions] |
| bleach |
a substance that you use to make something white or light in color. Some people add bleach to their laundry. [1/2 definitions] |
| bleachable |
combined form of bleach. |
| chlorine |
a substance that is one of the chemical elements. It combines with sodium to form table salt. It is also used in making bleach. Chlorine is poisonous in its pure gas form. (symbol: Cl) |
| etiolate |
to keep (a plant or the like) a light color by preventing exposure to sunlight; blanch; bleach. [1/3 definitions] |
| hydrogen peroxide |
an unstable compound of hydrogen and oxygen whose water solution is used mostly as an antiseptic or bleach. |
| overbleach |
combined form of bleach. |
| oxalic acid |
a poisonous, colorless acid used as a cleansing agent, laundry bleach, and laboratory reagent. |
| peroxide |
to use hydrogen peroxide to bleach (hair). [1/3 definitions] |
| sodium thiosulfate |
a white crystalline compound, used as a fixing agent in photography, and as a bleach and antichlor; sodium hyposulfite, hyposulfite, or hypo. |
| sulfurous acid |
an acid with a suffocating aroma of sulfur, occurring in solution with water or in salt form and used as a bleach, disinfectant, and reagent. |
| zinc sulfate |
a colorless crystalline compound used medicinally as an astringent or emetic, and as a preservative for wood and skins, a bleach for paper, a fungicide, and the like. |
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