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Acetone
noun · 78% connection
A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the disti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Acetyl
noun · 78% connection
A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Acid
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Alum
noun · 78% connection
A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Antozone
noun · 78% connection
A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antag…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Argilliferous
adjective · 78% connection
Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Bead
noun · 78% connection
A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Bisilicate
noun · 78% connection
A salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Burn
verb · 78% connection
To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amoun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Calcareo-argillaceous
adjective · 78% connection
consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Calcareo-siliceous
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Clay
noun · 78% connection
A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Drummond light
unknown · 78% connection
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Floss
noun · 78% connection
Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Gadolinite
noun · 78% connection
a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Hydracid
noun · 78% connection
An acid containing hydrogen; -- sometimes applied to distinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like, which contain no…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Hydroxyl
noun · 78% connection
A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
Inch
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: earths, consisting, parts, aluminium, three.
