MORDANT
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mordant is worth 16 points in the game of Scrabble
Definitions for the word, mordant
(a.) Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
(a.) Serving to fix colors.
(n.) Any corroding substance used in etching.
(n.) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.
(n.) Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes.
(v. t.) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.