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-ably
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
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-ic
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.
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-ism
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory, doctrine, idio…
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-ite
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix denoting one of a party, a sympathizer with or adherent of, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule; as, a Millerite; a…
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-ol
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as car…
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-ous
unknown · 78% connection
An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious, abounding in grace; ardu…
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Alcohol
noun · 78% connection
An impalpable powder.
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Arrhenius theory of dissociation
noun · 78% connection
(chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissoc…
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Atom
noun · 78% connection
An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.
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Carbonyl
noun · 78% connection
The radical (CO)'', occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.
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Carboxide
noun · 78% connection
A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.
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Chemism
noun · 78% connection
The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinit…
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Chlorhydrin
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one o…
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Ether
noun · 78% connection
A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be…
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Ethylate
noun · 78% connection
A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate;…
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Flavol
noun · 78% connection
A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.
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Glyceryl
noun · 78% connection
A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.
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Hydrate
noun · 78% connection
A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.
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