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Acetic
adjective · 78% connection
Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, ergot, acid.
Calcar
noun · 78% connection
A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
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 logical deduction.
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.