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-ate
unknown · 78% connection
In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulph…
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Acetone
noun · 78% connection
A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the disti…
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Adipic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
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Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, certain, characteristics, citric.
Carbostyril
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.
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Carboxyl
noun · 78% connection
The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acet…
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Citrate
noun · 78% connection
A salt of citric acid.
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Citric
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, certain, characteristics, citric.
Cyanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, cyanic and uric acids.
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Dephlegmation
noun · 78% connection
The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, espec…
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Dibasic
adjective · 78% connection
Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, as oxal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, certain, characteristics, citric.
Effervescency
noun · 78% connection
A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, prod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, certain, characteristics, citric.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, certain, characteristics, citric.
Formic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, certain, characteristics, citric.
Glutaconic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.
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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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, certain, characteristics, citric.
Group
noun · 78% connection
A variously limited assemblage of animals or plants, having some resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. The term…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, certain, characteristics, citric.
Hydracid
noun · 78% connection
An acid containing hydrogen; -- sometimes applied to distinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like, which contain no…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, certain, characteristics, citric.