Thursday, July 26, 2007

Oh So Belated Word of the Week

Silver Bromide: a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide; used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.

Photography is like alchemy. Silver on paper. Miraculous!

Lots of good "silver" words out there:
1. silver bell (Halesia shrub)
2. silverberry (also a shrub)
3. silver doctor (an artificial fly/lure, for catching trout and salmon)
4. silver-eye (white-eye?)
5. silver fizz (alcoholic drink made with gin, lemon juice, sugar, and egg-white)
6. silver foil (silver in foil form; they put this on sweets in South Asia)
7. silver fox
8. silver frost (glaze)
9. silvering (coating with sliver, as in a mirror)
10. silver jenny (silvery mojarra?)
11. silver king (tarpon?)
12. silverlace vine
13. silver lining
14. silver maple
15. silver morning glory
16. silvern (made of, or like, silver; archaic)
17. silver perch
19. silver point (melting point of silver)
20. silver queen (gold dust?!)
21. silver-rag (butterfish)
22. silver rod (weedy herb)
23. silver sage (herb)
24. silver screen
25. silversmith
26. silver spoon
27. silver storm (ice storm)
28. silver thaw (glaze)
29. silver-tongued
30. silver trout
31. silver-trumpet tree
32. silverware
33. silver wattle
34. silverweed
35. silvery

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