a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
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Bottled gas
hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
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an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Climate change.a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Resources and energy.a dicarboxylic acid used to make resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.an organic compound containing two carboxyl functional groups (-COOH).; "The most widely used dicarboxylic acid in the industry is adi…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Climate change.a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation
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treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries; "arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the ba…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom of hydrogen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, gases, propane, butane, kept.Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an at…
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