A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, w…
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Butyrin
A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor.
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A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hy…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radic…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a member of an isomeric series.
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids an…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by ch…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry.any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement.; "A configurational ste…
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A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.Broth or pottage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remain…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: butyrate, glycerin, contained, small, quantity.
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