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noun • a caustic substance produced by heating limestone • a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide • a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds • any of various related trees bearing limes • any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber • the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees verb • spread birdlime on branches to catch birds • cover with lime so as to induce growth | ||||||||
| 39% | 6 | Key ingredient in whitewash | ||||||
noun • The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation). • In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot. | ||||||||
| 39% | 10 | Ingredient in traditional whitewash | ||||||
noun • solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid | ||||||||
Whitewash Ingredient Crossword Clue
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LIME which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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LIME
Updated: October 11, 2023
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