Word Finder - saturated

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To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).

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After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.

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To fill to excess.

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Modern television is saturated with violence.

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To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.

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One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.

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To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

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Full; unable to hold or contain any more.

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Soaked or drenched with moisture.

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• drenched
• saturated
• sodden

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(of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.

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Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.

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(color) Having a high level of saturation.

Guilt and need warred as her senses became saturated with his oak-amber scent, the warmth of his body at her back.

The mass is then covered with two-thirds of its weight of alcohol, and saturated with hydrochloric acid gas.

Her senses became saturated quickly by his scent and heat.

The water, moreover, till it is saturated with gases, readily absorbs noxious vapours to which it may be exposed.

Saturated fats aren't healthy for anyone in large amounts but are particularly bad for people with type 2 diabetes because it can worsen insulin response.

He spent much of his time in practising magic, and it was believed that he had so saturated his body with poisons that none could injure him.

The oldest rocks of Barbados, known as the Scotland series, are of shallow water origin, consisting of coarse grits, brown sandstones and sandy clays, in places saturated with petroleum and traversed by veins of manjak.

The substance is then cooled to the lower temperature 0" along the path CD, keeping it in the saturated state.

In this process all the anode metals pass into solution except iridium and other refractory metals of that group, which remain as metals, and silver, which is converted into insoluble chloride; lead and bismuth form chloride and oxychloride respectively, and these dissolve until the bath is saturated with them, and then precipitate with the silver in the tank.

Thus, beef fat is more saturated than chicken fat and vegetable shortening is more saturated than vegetable oil.

Elevated blood pressure can be reduced by an eating plan that emphasizes fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy foods, and which is low in saturated fat, total fat, and cholesterol.

The substances used as tests in these reactions are caustic potash and calcium hypochlorite; the former being the substance dissolved in an equal weight of water and the latter a saturated extract of bleaching powder in water.

Lime in the caustic state is beneficially applied to soils which contain an excess of inert vegetable matter, and hence may be used for the improvement of old garden soils saturated with humus, or of peaty soils not thoroughly reclaimed.

Garden pots are made with a comparatively large hole in the bottom, and those of the largest size have also holes at the side near the bottom; these openings are to prevent the soil becoming saturated or soured with superabundant water.

At this point selection ceases; the remaining molten metal freezes as a whole, and in freezing splits up into a conglomerate eutectic of (1) austenite of about 2.2% of carbon, and therefore saturated with that element, and (2) cementite; and with this eutectic is mixed the " primary " austenite which froze out as the temperature sank from v to v'.

Hantzsch, Ber., This assumption also shows the relationship of the diazonium hydroxides to other quaternary ammonium compounds, for most of the quaternary ammonium hydroxides (except such as have the nitrogen atom attached to four saturated hydrocarbon radicals) are unstable, and readily pass over into compounds in which the hydroxyl group is no longer attached to the amine nitrogen; thus the syn-diazo hydroxides are to be regarded as pseudo-diazonium derivatives.

In Morocco and generally throughout North Africa there is a considerable demand for green tea, which is drunk hot out of glasses, the liquor being almost saturated with sugar and strongly flavoured with mint.

Through this space the fresh surface water finds its way, and dissolving the salt below rises in the inner tube as brine, but only to such a level that the two columns bear to one another the relation of ten to twelve, this being the inverse ratio of the respective weights of saturated brine and fresh water.

Heavy CO 2 saturated water descends through lighter formation water and carbonate minerals gradually precipitate driven by ionic equilibrium.

He uses a wide intensity of colors, alternating between saturated hues and muted, almost monochromatic effects.

Cheese now outranks meat as the number one source of saturated fat in our diets.

It was simply reeking with cholera germs, having a mud floor that had become saturated with filth.

Many people in the UK are eating too much fat, especially saturated fat.

The access line is completely saturated during a 25 second period at the center of the period.

If partly saturated air is cooled without changing its pressure or amount of water vapor, a point is reached when it becomes saturated.

The Internet is saturated with photo stock agencies.

A three-ounce portion of skinless chicken thigh has 2.6 grams of saturated fat and 9.2 grams of total fat.

Skinless chicken breast will have 0.9 grams of saturated fat and 3.0 grams of total fat.

Some say the market is saturated while others feel that when it comes to explaining how to make Italian cuisine, there can never be too much of a good thing..

People avoiding carbs and focusing on proteins alone can overlook the fact that the foods they are eating can be high in fat, saturated fat and cholesterol.

For example, butter, lard, and shortening are all either trans fats or saturated fats, both of which have been associated with heart disease and increased cholesterol levels.

Saturated fats occur naturally in red meat, eggs, and in some oils such as palm oil.

Because they do contain some saturated fat, keep them to a minimum, no more than 6 ounces daily.

Calories consumed as saturated fat should equal no more than 8-10 percent of total calories consumed per day.

The main dietary sources in children's diets of saturated fat are whole milk, cheese, hot dogs, and luncheon meats.

Teens who follow a vegetarian diet are more likely to meet recommendations for total fat, saturated fat, and number of servings of fruits and vegetables as compared to non-vegetarians.

This changes the double bond on the carbon atom from a cis configuration to a trans configuration, making the fatty acid saturated, and a greater health concern.

Nutrition experts have built up convincing evidence that there are major problems with the conventional American diet, which is centered on meat products that are high in cholesterol and saturated fat and low in fiber.

Nutritionists have repeatedly shown in studies that a healthy diet consists of plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits, complex carbohydrates such as whole grains, and foods that are high in fiber and low in cholesterol and saturated fat.

Some studies have shown that some vegetarians consume large amounts of cholesterol and saturated fat.

Eggs and dairy products contain cholesterol and saturated fat, while nuts, oils, and avocados are vegetable sources of saturated fat.

To reap the full benefits of a vegetarian diet, vegetarians should be conscious of cholesterol and saturated fat intake.

Cholesterol-A steroid fat found in animal foods that is also produced in the human body from saturated fat.

Calories consumed as saturated fat should equal no more than 8 to 10 percent of total calories consumed per day.

Repeat the crosshatching and tincture application until the wart is saturated with the tincture.

In making the paste, so much cadmium sulphate must be added that a saturated solution of that salt is formed and is present in the cell.

Be it enough for our purpose to say that he thoroughly saturated his mind with the " new learning," first at Oxford, where in 1515 he was admitted to the degree of M.A., and then in Cambridge, where the fame of Erasmus still lingered.

The saturated aqueous solution is colourless and fumes strongly on exposure to air; after a time it darkens in colour owing to liberation of iodine.

Bueb (Congress of German Gas Industries, March 1900) brings gas (free from tar) into intimate contact with a saturated solution of ferrous sulphate, when a "cyanogen mud" is obtained.

Hydroferricyanic acid, H 3 Fe(NC)s, obtained by adding concentrated hydrochloric acid to a cold saturated solution of potassium ferricyanide, crystallizes in brown needles, and is easily decomposed.