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Alcohol
noun · 78% connection
A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Alkalamide
noun · 78% connection
One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Carbinol
noun · 78% connection
Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the ty…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Chlormethane
noun · 78% connection
A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Diallyl
noun · 78% connection
A volatile, pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H10, consisting of two allyl radicals, and belonging to the acetylene series.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Dibutyl
noun · 78% connection
A liquid hydrocarbon, C8H18, of the marsh-gas series, being one of several octanes, and consisting of two butyl radicals. Cf. Octane.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Dipropyl
noun · 78% connection
One of the hexane paraffins, found in petroleum, consisting of two propyl radicals. See Hexane.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Ditolyl
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Diureide
noun · 78% connection
One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or alla…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Ethyl
noun · 78% connection
A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ethe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Ethylamine
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Formaldehyde
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Formyl
noun · 78% connection
Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Guanidine
noun · 78% connection
A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of cre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Helianthin
noun · 78% connection
An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Heterology
noun · 78% connection
The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the rel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Homology
noun · 78% connection
The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
Hydrazine
noun · 78% connection
Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethane, called, regarded, consisting, methyl.
