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Acid
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetab…
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Azo-
unknown · 78% connection
Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoi…
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Cacodyl
noun · 78% connection
Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor…
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Carbohydrate
noun · 78% connection
One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united…
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Cetyl
noun · 78% connection
A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived f…
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Cyanogen
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained…
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Deutohydroguret
noun · 78% connection
A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogen united with some other element or radical.
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Deutoxide
noun · 78% connection
A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or les…
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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…
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Ferric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically (Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher valence tha…
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Glycolyl
noun · 78% connection
A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.
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Heptyl
noun · 78% connection
A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.
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Hydrosulphide
noun · 78% connection
One of a series of compounds, derived from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic radical; as, p…
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Hydroxide
noun · 78% connection
A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The h…
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Hyponitrous
adjective · 78% connection
Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds.
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Isonitroso-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining from (also used adjectively), signifying: Pertaining to, or designating, the characteristic, nitrogenous radical, NOH, cal…
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Leuc-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif. (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic compounds, obtained b…
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Neo-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the n…
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