Salt, or sodium chloride (NaCl).
A bottle of wine
At our house and most others, I would assume you would hear a bird of pray.
She would put her napkin in her lap.
Yes, usually in a central location,or on a small tray.
Table salt would be classified as an ionic compound. It is composed of positively charged sodium ions and negatively charged chloride ions that are held together by strong electrostatic forces.
usually the women make the dinner for the family but on special occasions the men would maybe set the table or if they are really nice then they would help the women and the children would always help
Dinner table politics means exactly what it says. People debate generally over politics and, in fact, it's bad manners! The dinner table is no place to talk about politics or debate any subject. Years ago wealthy people would eat dinner and then the men (generally) would retire to the library or den and have their cigars, drink port and discuss war or politics. Although women are certainly more out spoken regarding politics it's quite acceptable in this modern age to have dinner, leave the table and go into the front room area or a recreational area and speak about politics or other subjects.
The only thing it might mean would be number, but that is usually no. and not NO. NO would be nitrogen oxide (nitric oxide), but that would NOT appear in the periodic table, as it is a compound, and only ELEMENTS appear in the periodic table.
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NH3 is the chemical formula of the compound ammonia. The periodic table lists elements and not compounds.
Culture is ordinary
I would say a mix of powdered silicon and table salt (NaCl).