soluble

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: The team based at Aberdeen University has developed a method of making the drug soluble for the first time.

Used with adjective complement

• become: The enzymes break down large molecules into smaller ones so the food becomes soluble.

Modifies a noun

• fiber: Apple Powder - is a great source of water soluble fiber to help maintain a healthy digestive system.
• vitamin: Excess intakes of fat - soluble vitamins are not recommended.
• fiber: To help prevent heart disease, you should consume approximately 7 grams of soluble fiber per day.
• aspirin: Then the girl behind the counter couldn't identify soluble aspirin, despite my pointing them out to her.
• chromium: Metallic chromium has an oxidized surface and no soluble chromium is released.
• insulin: A soluble regular insulin that has had chemicals added to prevent insulin crystals forming.

Modifying Another Word

• sparingly: None of the carbonates is anything more than very sparingly soluble.
• poorly: Sulfur hexafluoride is an inert, innocuous gas, poorly soluble in aqueous solutions.
• readily: The inner layer is readily soluble in any agents which are capable of breaking disulfide linkages.
• slightly: Slightly soluble salts do the most damage as they expand below the surface and can push the surface off.
• highly: Nearly all copper salts are highly soluble in water.
• very: Hydrogen fluoride is very soluble due to hydrogen bonding with water molecules.

Preposition: in

• solvent: They are quite soluble in the usual organic solvents of low polarity.
• water: Nearly all copper salts are highly soluble in water.
• alcohol: This is poorly soluble in water but much more soluble in alcohol.
• fat: Pyrethroids are much more soluble in fats than in water; they are therefore able to rapidly reach the target cells within the insects.
• blood: Diffusion hypoxia Nitrous oxide is forty times more soluble in blood than nitrogen.
• solution: Sulfur hexafluoride is an inert, innocuous gas, poorly soluble in aqueous solutions.