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Amygdalate
noun · 78% connection
An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Amygdalin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Benzoyl
noun · 78% connection
A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Bittersweet
adjective · 78% connection
Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Calumbin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Cetrarin
noun · 78% connection
A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Cinchonidine
noun · 78% connection
One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Cocaine
noun · 78% connection
A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Colocynth
noun · 78% connection
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Colocynthin
noun · 78% connection
The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Columbin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Convallamarin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Cornin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
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: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Daphnin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D. alpina.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Elater
noun · 78% connection
The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica E…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
Emulsin
noun · 78% connection
The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
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: characteristic, crystalline, substance, obtained, bitter.
