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Glossary

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Macerate:

soak until soft.

Microbe:

a minute living organism, especially pathogenic bacteria or viruses.

Milled soap:

processed soap that goes through a shredding process, to then be squeezed through extrusion machinery. Continuous shredding of the soap flakes, in combination with synthetic material, produces a hard, smooth, polished bar, less alkaline than fresh soap.

Mineral:

elements or compounds found in the form of crystals that are created by inorganic processes of nature and satisfy the following requirements: naturally occurring; composed of material that was never alive; chemical and molecular formulas identical wherever it is found; atoms within it are arranged in a predictable, regular pattern and form solid crystals.

Mold:

a frame around or on which bars of soap can be shaped or formed.

Monoglyceride:

one glyceride

Monounsaturated fatty acid:

fatty acid with one double bond.