salt vs slack

salt

noun
  • A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea. 

  • Tears; indignation; outrage; arguing. 

  • One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid. 

  • Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult. 

  • A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it. 

  • The money demanded by Eton schoolboys during the montem. 

  • A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative. 

  • A sailor (also old salt). 

  • Skepticism and common sense. 

  • Epsom salts or other salt used as a medicine. 

adj
  • Salty; salted. 

  • Saline. 

  • Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use. 

verb
  • To add salt to. 

  • To sprinkle throughout. 

  • To add certain chemical elements to (a nuclear weapon) so that it generates more radiation. 

  • To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam. 

  • To add bogus evidence to an archaeological site. 

  • To deposit salt as a saline solution. 

  • To fill with salt between the timbers and planks for the preservation of the timber. 

  • To lock a page title so it cannot be created. 

  • To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive. 

  • To sow with salt (of land), symbolizing a curse on its re-inhabitation. 

slack

noun
  • A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains. 

  • Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient. 

  • A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place. 

  • The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it. 

  • Small coal; coal dust. 

  • A valley, or small, shallow dell. 

verb
  • To slacken. 

  • To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake. 

adv
  • Slackly. 

adj
  • Moderately warm. 

  • Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music. 

  • Not active or busy, successful, or violent. 

  • Excess; surplus to requirements. 

  • Lax; not tense; not firmly extended. 

  • Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager. 

  • Lax. 

  • Moderate in speed. 

  • Weak; not holding fast. 

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