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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Dioxin
any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
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A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.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…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a member of an isomeric series.
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids an…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by ch…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement.; "A configurational ste…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
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a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and im…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for clean…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.An impure benzene, used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. See Benzene.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.a toxic colorless flammable liquid (CS2); used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane and carbon tetrachloride and as a solvent fo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.Alt. of Curari
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, toxic, carcinogenic, hydrocarbons, occur.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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