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Acetic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Acetification
noun · 78% connection
The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Acetous
adjective · 78% connection
Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Acid
adjective · 78% connection
Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Acidulate
verb · 78% connection
To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Acidulous
adjective · 78% connection
Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Blink
verb · 78% connection
To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Cyanuric acid
unknown · 78% connection
an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Deflection
noun · 78% connection
The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; devi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Dextrorotatory
adjective · 78% connection
Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Hygroscopic
adjective · 78% connection
Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Joggle
verb · 78% connection
To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Lever
noun · 78% connection
A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Levo-
unknown · 78% connection
Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Lime
noun · 78% connection
A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Metaphosphoric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crysta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
Oleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, sour, readily, becoming, tart.
