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Chemical

Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations.

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Alar 76% connected

Pertaining to, or having, wings.

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Bactericide 76% connected

Same as Germicide.

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Carrier 76% connected

One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

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Compound 76% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Congener 76% connected

A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

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Explosive 76% connected

Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

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Fertilizer 76% connected

One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid.

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Flux 76% connected

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

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Fraction 76% connected

The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.

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Fumigant 76% connected

Fuming.

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Intermediate 76% connected

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

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Phytochemical 76% connected

Relating to phytochemistry.

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Product 76% connected

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the product…

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Restrainer 76% connected

One who, or that which, restrains.

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Saturant 76% connected

Impregnating to the full; saturating.

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Softener 76% connected

One who, or that which, softens.

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Chemic 92% connected

A chemist; an alchemist.

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