capillary
hydrolysis
hydrolyse
lye
endosmosis
osmosis
osmotic
osmotic pressure
solute
solution
solvent

cap•il•lary [F or L; F capillaire, fr. L capillaris, fr capillus hair] 1 : resembling a hair esp. in slender elongated form; esp. having a very small bore<a ~tube> cap•il•lar•i•ty n. pl. -ties 1: the property or state of being capillary. 2: the action by which the surface of a liquid where it is in contact with solid (as in a capillary tube) is elevated or depressed depending on the relative attraction of the molecules of the liquid for eachother and for those of the solid.

hy•dro•ly•sis : [NL] : a chemical process of decomposition involving splitting of a bond and adition of the elements of water

hy•dro•lyse : [ISV, fr. NL hydrolyse] vt : to subject to hydrolyse ~ vi : to undergo hydrolyse

lye \`li\n [ME, fr OE lleag, akin to OHG louga lyr, L lavare, lavere, to wash, Gk louein] 1: a strong alkaline liquor broadly : a strong alkaline solution (as of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) 2 : a solid caustic (as sodium hydroxide). (Websters New Collegiate Dictionary)

end•os•mo•sis : [alter. of obs. endosmose, fr. F, fr. end- + Gk osmos act of pushing, fr. othein to push; akin to Skt vadhati he strikes] : passage (as of a surface-active substance) through a membrane from a region of lower to a region of higher concentration

os•mo•sis [NL, short for endosmosis] 1: diffusion through semipermeable membrane (as of a living cell) typically separating a solvent and a solution that tends to equalize their concentrations; esp : the passage of solvent in distinction from the passage of solute 2 : a process of absorption or diffusion suggestive of the flow of osmotic action

os•mot•ic : of, relating to, or having the properties of osmosis

osmotic pressure : the pressure that must be applied to a solution to prevent osmosis

sol•ute [L solutus] : a dissolved substance

so•lu•tion [ME, fr. MF, fr L solution-, solutio, fr. solutus, pp. of solvere to loosen, solve] 2a: an act or the process by which a solid, liquid or gasseous substance is homogenously mixed with a liquid or sometimes a gas or solid b : a typically liquid homogenous mixture formed by this process c : the condition of being dissolved d : a liquid containing a dissolved substance

1sol•vent [L solvent-, solvens, pp of solvere to dissolve, pay] 2 : that dissolves or can dissolve

2solvent n 1 : a usu. liquid substance capable of dissolving or dispersing one or more other substances