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Abietine
noun · 78% connection
A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Acholia
noun · 78% connection
a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Alban
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Alcohol
noun · 78% connection
A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Alcoholic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mix…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Biliary
adjective · 78% connection
Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Bilious
adjective · 78% connection
Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an exces…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Borax
noun · 78% connection
A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Catalysis
noun · 78% connection
A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Cerin
noun · 78% connection
A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Cerotin
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Collodion
noun · 78% connection
A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
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: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Erythrogen
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
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: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Ether
noun · 78% connection
A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Etherealize
verb · 78% connection
To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
Etherification
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the ag…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, applied, amorphous, crystalline, mass.
