a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
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a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
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any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a dicarboxylic acid used to make resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.an organic compound containing two carboxyl functional groups (-COOH).; "The most widely used dicarboxylic acid in the industry is adi…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
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the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcoho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, pungent, liquid, widely, manufacturing.A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series…
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