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Calorificient

Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.

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Afterdamp noun · 78% connection

a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine

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Bromatologist noun · 78% connection

One versed in the science of foods.

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Carbide noun · 78% connection

A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed c…

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Carbon sequestration noun · 78% connection

The process of trapping carbon so it stays out of the atmosphere.

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Carbonometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its act…

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Carburize verb · 78% connection

To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combust…

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Carnivorous adjective · 78% connection

Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to p…

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Commissariat noun · 78% connection

a stock or supply of foods

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Decarburize verb · 78% connection

To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.

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Diet noun · 78% connection

a prescribed selection of foods

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Dives noun · 78% connection

The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a ri…

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Fatty acid noun · 78% connection

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…

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Gelatin noun · 78% connection

an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods

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Glyceride noun · 78% connection

an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils; "fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and v…

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Heterocycle noun · 78% connection

a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon

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Heterocyclic ring noun · 78% connection

a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon

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Is- unknown · 78% connection

Applied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other carbon ato…

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Jelly noun · 78% connection

an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods

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