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-yl
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemical radicals; as in ethyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Alcohol
noun · 78% connection
An impalpable powder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Cetyl
noun · 78% connection
A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Chloral
noun · 78% connection
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: ethyl.
Ether
noun · 78% connection
A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Etherification
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the ag…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Ethide
noun · 78% connection
Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Ethylamine
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Ethylate
noun · 78% connection
A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Ethylic
unknown · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl; as, ethylic alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Ethylin
unknown · 78% connection
Any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Ethylsulphuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Formaldehyde
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Glycol
noun · 78% connection
A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcoh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Heterology
noun · 78% connection
The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of diff…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Hydrate
noun · 78% connection
A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Hydroxide
noun · 78% connection
A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.
Iodine
noun · 78% connection
A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form of da…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ethyl.