Azoleic
(Az`o*le"ic) a. [Azo- + oleic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with
nitric acid. [R.]
Azonic
(A*zon"ic) a. [Gr. 'a priv. + zone, region.] Confined to no zone or region; not local.
Azorian
(A*zo"ri*an) a. Of or pertaining to the Azores. — n. A native of the Azores.
Azote
(Az"ote) n. [F. azote, fr. Gr. 'a priv. + life; — so named by Lavoisier because it is incapable of
supporting life.] Same as Nitrogen. [R.]
Azoth
(Az"oth) n. [LL. azoch, azoth, fr. Ar. az-zauq mercury.] (Alchemy) (a) The first principle of
metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from
them. (b) The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
Azotic
(A*zot"ic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as,
azotic gas; azotic acid. [R.] Carpenter.
Azotite
(Az"o*tite) n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a
base; a nitrite. [R.]
Azotize
(Az"o*tize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Azotized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Azotizing ] To impregnate with
azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.
Azotometer
(Az`o*tom"e*ter) n. [Azote + - meter.] (Chem.) An apparatus for measuring or determining
the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer.
Azotous
(A*zo"tous) a. Nitrous; as, azotous acid. [R.]
Aztec
(Az"tec) a. Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of
that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519. — n. One of the Aztec race or people.
Azure
(Az"ure) a. [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through Ar. from Per. lajaward, or lajuward, lapis lazuli,
a blue color, lajawardi, lajuwardi, azure, cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the
influence of the Ar. azr-aq azure, blue. Cf. G. lasur, lasurstein, azure color, azure stone, and NL.
lapis lazuli.] Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
Azure stone (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.
Azure
(Az"ure), n.
1. The lapis lazuli. [Obs.]
2. The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color. "In robes of azure." Wordsworth.
3. The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.
Not like those steps
On heaven's azure.
Milton.
4. (Her.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
Azure
(Az"ure), v. t. To color blue.
Azured
(Az"ured) a. Of an azure color; sky-blue. "The azured harebell." Shak.
Azureous
(A*zu"re*ous) a. (Zoöl.) Of a fine blue color; azure.
Azurine
(Az"u*rine) a. [Cf. Azurn.] Azure.
