- alloy: metal solution
- amalgam: solid mixture
- effervescense: rapid escape of a dissolved gas from a liquid
- electrolyte: substance that dissolves in water to produce ions
- hetergenous: not evenly distributed
- homogenous: evenly distributed
- immiscible: liquids that do not mix
- insoluble: not able to dissolve
- miscible: liquids that mix
- soluble: able to dissolve
- solute: disolvee
- solution: a mixture of substances
- solvent: dissolver
- suspension: A mixture that looks homogeneous when you stir it, but where the solids settle out when you stop
- tincture: a mixture in which alcohol is the solvent
- water: the universal solvent