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n. Dentistry A hard yellowish deposit on the teeth, consisting of organic secretions and food particles deposited in various salts, such as calcium carbonate. Also called calculus.

n. A reddish acid compound, chiefly potassium bitartrate, found in the juice of grapes and deposited on the sides of casks during winemaking.

n. A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.

n. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.

n. A fearsome or angrily violent person.

n. 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.

n. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.

n. 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.

n. A person of a keen, irritable temper.

adj. Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.

n. See Tartarus.

n. Impure acid potassium tartrate, also called argal or argol, deposited from wines completely fermented, and adhering to the sides of the casks in the form of a hard crust, varying from pale pink to dark red according as it has separated from white or red wines.

n. An earthy substance which occasionally concretes upon the teeth, and is deposited from the saliva. It consists of salivary mucus, animal matter, and calcium phosphate.

To impregnate with tartar; administer tartar to.

n. Same as Tartarus.

See Tatar.

n. an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums

n. a salt used especially in baking powder

n. a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

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

"I leavened the dough with baking soda and cream of tartar in place of baking powder (although cream of tartar is often the main component in baking powder) because that is the traditional leavening combination for snickerdoodles."

encrustation    incrustation    crust    salt    disagreeable woman    unpleasant woman    Mongol    Mongolian   

tartar-emetic ointment    vitriolized tartar    tartar emetic    salt of tartar    soluble tartar    cream-of-tartar whey   

argol    wine stone    Tatar    Tartarus   

tartarous   

Carter    arter    barter    carter    charter    darter    garter    marter    martyr    nonstarter   

Turkish    Moorish    danish    Asiatic    Syrian    Teutonic    Hungarian    Babylonian    Grecian    Germanic