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Lye Eg Crossword Clue

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noun

• any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

• a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture

29%3 Key ingredient in lye
noun

• the residue that remains when something is burned

• any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

• strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

verb

• convert into ashes

29%9 Main component of lye
noun

• a compound of an oxide with water

• a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group

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