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Bicarbonate
noun · 78% connection
A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Bisulphate
noun · 78% connection
A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Bisulphite
noun · 78% connection
A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Bitartrate
noun · 78% connection
A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Carbolic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Corrosive
adjective · 78% connection
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive acti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
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: acidifying, changing, acid.
Diamide
noun · 78% connection
Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Am…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Disulphate
noun · 78% connection
An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Erucic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Gaidic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to hypogeic acid; -- applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
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: acidifying, changing, acid.
Hordeic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Hydrosorbic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Hydrosulphurous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, under Hyposulphurous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Isocyanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under Fulminuric.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Kynurenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called ky…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
Lactamic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acidifying, changing, acid.
