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Acetic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Calcar
noun · 78% connection
A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, 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: pertaining, derived, ergot, 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: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Ecbolic
noun · 78% connection
A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Ecboline
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Ellagic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Ergotin
noun · 78% connection
An extract made from ergot.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Ergotine
unknown · 78% connection
A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Ergotism
noun · 78% connection
A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Ergotized
adjective · 78% connection
Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, 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: pertaining, derived, ergot, 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: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Fulmiaic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulmini…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Gadic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, the cod (Gadus); -- applied to an acid obtained from cod-liver oil, viz., gadic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Glaucic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, 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: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Glycoluric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.