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Phrases 78
- lime-greenAlternative form of lime green.
- lime juiceThe liquid extract of lime fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation.
- slaked limeCalcium hydroxide, a fine, white inorganic compound produced through the hydration of quicklime, and is extensively used in the manufacture of mortar and cement, as well as in a wide range of industrial processes.
- Key limeA small yellow (when ripe, usually sold green) lime, of hybrid Citrus × aurantiifolia, especially those from southern Florida.
- lime mortarA soft form of mortar made from sand and slaked lime, largely replaced by cement mortar in modern building methods.
- lemon-limethat contains a mixture of lemons and limes
- lime-treeA deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
- pickling limeLimewater used as a pickling brine ingredient.
- lime sulfurA mixture of calcium polysulfides used as a fungicide and insecticide on deciduous trees.
- cream of limeA scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air.
- chloride of limebleaching powder
- lime-juicerAn English or British sailor or ship.
- bird-limeAlternative spelling of birdlime: A sticky substance, of varying compositions, smeared on branches to catch birds.
- blood limeA small reddish-orange lime, a cross between the red finger lime (Citrus australasica var. sanguinea) and the 'Ellendale Mandarin' which is a sweet orange/mandarin cross.
- finger limeA thorny understorey shrub or small tree, Citrus australasica, of lowland subtropical forest and rainforest of eastern Australia.
- hydraulic limequicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, and used for cementing underwater, etc.
- lime burningThe production of quicklime by the heating of limestone to a high temperature in a lime kiln.
- lime butterflyA butterfly of species Papilio demoleus, family Papilionidae, of Australia and Asia, the caterpillar of which feeds on citrus trees.
- lime diseaseHypersensitivity to ultraviolet radiation, causing pus-filled rashes, caused by furanocoumarins in lime juice. Furanocoumarins damage DNA when activated by UV.
- lime waterAlternative form of limewater: A solution of calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) in water (that is, a saturated calcium hydroxide solution), used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.
- lime-stoneAlternative spelling of limestone: An abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
- lime-treesplural of lime-tree: A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
- quick limeAlternative spelling of quicklime: Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
- round limeSynonym of dooja (“Citrus australis”).
- Spanish limeThe mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus).
Compound words 83
- limelightThe intense white light produced when heating lime in an oxyhydrogen flame.
- quicklimeCalcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
- limescaleA white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.
- LimehouseA district in eastern London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (OS grid ref TQ3681).
- limewaterA solution of calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) in water (that is, a saturated calcium hydroxide solution), used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.
- limewashA mixture of slaked lime in water, used as a paint or a paintlike coating.
- limeburnerA tradesman who operates a limekiln, burning limestone at high heat to produce quicklime for use as an agricultural manure, in cement, and otherwise.
- nitrolimeCrude calcium cyanamide
- limelessWithout lime (the mineral).
- limejuiceAlternative form of lime juice: The liquid extract of lime fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation.