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Acetaldehyde
noun · 78% connection
Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, aldehyde, 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: pertaining, aldehyde, 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: pertaining, aldehyde, 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: pertaining, aldehyde, acid.
Ethanal
noun · 78% connection
a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, aldehyde, acid.
Ethane
noun · 78% connection
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, aldehyde, acid.
Formaldehyde
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, aldehyde, acid.
Formyl
noun · 78% connection
A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential residue of formic acid and aldehyde.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, aldehyde, 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: pertaining, aldehyde, acid.
Glucoside
noun · 78% connection
One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and rega…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, aldehyde, 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: pertaining, aldehyde, acid.
Glyoxal
noun · 78% connection
A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, aldehyde, acid.
Glyoxalic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, aldehyde, acid.
Heterology
noun · 78% connection
The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the rel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, aldehyde, 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: pertaining, aldehyde, 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: pertaining, aldehyde, 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: pertaining, aldehyde, 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: pertaining, aldehyde, acid.