sal¹ /sal/ (chem and pharmacy)

A salt

sal alembroth noun

(an alchemists' word of unknown origin) mercury ammonium chloride, also called salt of wisdom

sal ammoniac noun

Ammonium chloride

sal prunella or sal prunelle noun

Saltpetre cast in cakes

sal volatile /vol-atˈi-li/ noun

1. Ammonium carbonate, or a solution of it in alcohol and/or ammonia in water
2. Smelling salts

sal² /säl/

A large N Indian tree, Shorea robusta, yielding valuable timber similar to teak

• not say boo to a goose
• not see beyond one's nose
• not see further than the end of one's nose
• not see the wood for the trees
• nott
• not take no for an answer
• not tell chalk from cheese
• not that
• not the end of the world
• not the faintest
• not the full quid
• not the full shilling
• not the word for it
• not to be sneezed at
• not to be sniffed at
• not to give a monkey's
• not to have a ghost
• not to have a ghost of a chance
• not to know a B from a battledore
• not to lead the life of a dog
• not to mention
• not to put too fine a point on it
• not to say
• not touch with a bargepole
• not to worry