EXPLANATION OF TKRMS. 



ABSORB-to soak up a liquid or gas, or to take substances from 



air or from watery solutions. 

 ATTRACT to take from. 

 ACID sour ; a sour substance. 

 AGRICULTURE the art of cultivating the noil. 

 ALKALI the direct opposite of an aci>l, with which it haB a ten- 

 dency to unite. 

 ALUMINA the base of clay. 

 ANALYSIS separating into its primary parts any compound M)>- 



stance. 

 CARBONATE a compound, consisting of carbonic acid and an 



alkali. 



C A UST re burning. 



CHLORIDE a compound containing chlorine. 

 CLEVIS that part of a plow by which the drawing power is at- 

 tached. 

 DECOMPOSE to separate the constituents of a body from 



combinations, forming simple substances into new com- 

 pounds. 



DIGESTION the decomposition of food in the stomach and in- 

 testines of animals (agricultural). 

 DE\V deposit of the insensible vapor of the atmosphere on cold 



surfaces. 



EXCREMENT the matter given out by the organs of plants and 

 animals, being those parts of their food which they are una- 

 ble to assimilate. 



FERMENTATION a kind of decomposition. 

 GAS air aeriform matter. 

 INGREDIENT component part. 



