tartar

tartar is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc.
2. noun. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
3. noun. A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.
4. noun. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
5. adjective. Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
6. noun. See Tartarus.
7. noun. an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums

   Synonyms: calculus, tophus

8. noun. a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century

   Synonyms: tatar

9. noun. a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

   Synonyms: dragon

10. noun. a salt used especially in baking powder

Synonyms

calculus, tophus, tatar, dragon

Common word forms

tartars, tartarly, tartarize, tartarous

Words from these letters

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