auric

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Such gnomic utterances, and the auric mysteries of the international monetary system, suddenly make the money game more fun to read about than play.

From Time Magazine Archive

Compounds.—Aurous oxide, Au2O, is obtained by cautiously adding potash to a solution of aurous bromide, or by boiling mixed solutions of auric chloride and mercurous nitrate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

There are two distinct features connected with the auric coloring of every person.

From The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms by Panchadasi, Swami

It begins to decompose into gold and chlorine at 185�, the decomposition being complete at 230�; water decomposes it into gold and auric chloride.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; Ð said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its higher valence; as, auric oxide; auric chloride.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah