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Acrolein
noun · 78% connection
A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Adragant
noun · 78% connection
Gum tragacanth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Arabin
noun · 78% connection
A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Arrowroot
noun · 78% connection
A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Astragalus
noun · 78% connection
The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Bassorin
noun · 78% connection
A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Blood money
unknown · 78% connection
Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Boracous
adjective · 78% connection
Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Cespitine
noun · 78% connection
An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Coal tar
unknown · 78% connection
A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Dextrin
noun · 78% connection
A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Dextrose
noun · 78% connection
A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Dracanth
noun · 78% connection
A kind of gum; -- called also gum tragacanth, or tragacanth. See Tragacanth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Erythrite
noun · 78% connection
A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decompos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Eucalyn
noun · 78% connection
An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
Gum
noun · 78% connection
The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mucilage, obtained, containing, tragacanth.
