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Ether

A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.

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Element 76% connected

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…

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Medium 76% connected

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Ethereal 74% connected

Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; e…

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Ethereal 74% connected

Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; e…

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Quintessential 74% connected

Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.

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Quintessential 74% connected

Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.

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Aether 92% connected

See Ether.

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Quintessence 92% connected

The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

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Acetylene noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Aldehyde noun · 85% connection

any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

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Alkyne noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Amide noun · 85% connection

any organic compound containing the group -CONH2

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Aromatic compound noun · 85% connection

a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds

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Carboxylic acid noun · 85% connection

an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups

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Ester noun · 85% connection

organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

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Ethyne noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Hydrocarbon noun · 85% connection

an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen

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Isomer noun · 85% connection

a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight

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Ketone noun · 85% connection

any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals

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Oxidation noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidisation noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidization noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Polymer noun · 85% connection

a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

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Stereoisomer noun · 85% connection

any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement.; "A configurational ste…

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Acetic acid noun · 84% connection

a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals

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Acetone body noun · 84% connection

a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/…

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Atmosphere noun · 78% connection

A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.

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Clear noun · 78% connection

Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space betwee…

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Compact p. p. & a · 78% connection

Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.

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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Elasticity noun · 78% connection

The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the remov…

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Electrode noun · 78% connection

The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductor…

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Entogastric adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroid…

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Exception noun · 78% connection

That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every ge…

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Exempt adjective · 78% connection

Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free;…

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Extraordinary noun · 78% connection

That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.

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Extreme adjective · 78% connection

of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to…

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Filling noun · 78% connection

That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression i…

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