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Carbonate

A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.

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Bicarbonate 76% connected

A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the po…

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Malachite 76% connected

Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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salt 76% connected

Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; aft…

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Acceptor noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

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Breakdown noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Buffer noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH

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Chemical compound noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Chemical decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Chemical group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Chemical reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the gro…

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Compound noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Decomposition noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Displacement noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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Displacement reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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Electrolysis noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions

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Foryml noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes

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Group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Monad noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an atom having a valence of one

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Periodic table noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the periodic law

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Radical noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Aerate verb · 78% connection

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.

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Aeration noun · 78% connection

The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.

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After damp unknown · 78% connection

An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.

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Animal noun · 78% connection

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an…

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Anthracometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.

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Arterialization noun · 78% connection

The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic ac…

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Base noun · 78% connection

The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- a…

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Bisulphite noun · 78% connection

A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.

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Bitartrate noun · 78% connection

A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.

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Breath noun · 78% connection

The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic…

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Calcination noun · 78% connection

The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatil…

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