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Citrate

A salt of citric acid.

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Ester 76% connected

An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natu…

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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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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Acetylene noun · 85% connection

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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Aldehyde noun · 85% connection

A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.

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Alkyne noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Amide noun · 85% connection

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…

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Aromatic compound noun · 85% connection

a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds

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Carboxylic acid noun · 85% connection

an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups

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Ethyne noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Hydrocarbon noun · 85% connection

A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.

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Isomer noun · 85% connection

A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a member of an isomeric series.

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Ketone noun · 85% connection

One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids an…

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Oxidation noun · 85% connection

The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

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Oxidisation noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidization noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Polymer noun · 85% connection

Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by ch…

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Stereoisomer noun · 85% connection

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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Ether noun · 85% connection

A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be…

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Acetic acid noun · 84% connection

a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals

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Acetone body noun · 84% connection

a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/…

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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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Base adjective · 78% connection

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Bicarbonate noun · 78% connection

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…

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Binoxalate noun · 78% connection

A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.

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Bisulphate noun · 78% connection

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

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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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Carbolic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol…

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Citraconic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids.

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Citric adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid.

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Corn noun · 78% connection

A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

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Cyanuric acid unknown · 78% connection

an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…

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