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Alcohol
noun · 78% connection
A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Alcoholic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mix…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Alloxan
noun · 78% connection
An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Balsam
verb · 78% connection
To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Balsamical
adjective · 78% connection
Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Balsamous
adjective · 78% connection
Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Benzoin
noun · 78% connection
A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and sl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Cerin
noun · 78% connection
A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Cerotin
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Coagulation
noun · 78% connection
The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Erythrite
noun · 78% connection
A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decompos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Globulin
noun · 78% connection
An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Glycol
noun · 78% connection
A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcoh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Gum
noun · 78% connection
A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Gum ammoniac
noun · 78% connection
The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yell…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Insoluble
adjective · 78% connection
Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Lac
noun · 78% connection
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.
Lipid
noun · 78% connection
an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along wit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, obtained, strasburg, turpentine, canada.