An acid-base indicator which is colorless in acid solution, but turns pink to red as the solution becomes alkaline. It is used medicinally as a cathartic.
Harridan
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A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the prettycreature I had been used to see. De Quincey.
Harridan meaning & definition 1 of Harridan.
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Synonymous with bitch. A mean, spiteful woman.
Harridan meaning & definition 2 of Harridan.
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A strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman.
Harridan meaning & definition 3 of Harridan.
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