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a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off
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The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the gro…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into const…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.(chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a grou…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.(chemistry) a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the periodic law
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry.Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.
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The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.Producing miscarriage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the north…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spik…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, ch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, sprayed, plants, causes, leaves.According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes.
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