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Beaver
noun · 78% connection
An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Carbolic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Castor bean
noun · 78% connection
the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Castoreum
noun · 78% connection
A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
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: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Erucic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Formic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Gemini
n. pl. · 78% connection
A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun en…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Hordeic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Macassar oil
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Metaphosphoric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crysta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Metasilicic
adjective · 78% connection
Designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the removal of water; of or pertaining to such an acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Nitroprussic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Oenanthol
noun · 78% connection
An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Oenanthylic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the ac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Oilseed
noun · 78% connection
Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.
Oleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, castor, ricinoleic, acid.