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Acrolein
noun · 78% connection
A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Alcohol
noun · 78% connection
A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
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: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
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: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Complex
noun · 78% connection
Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Creosote
noun · 78% connection
Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Diachylum
noun · 78% connection
A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consist…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Ether
noun · 78% connection
A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
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: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Ethide
noun · 78% connection
Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Ethule
unknown · 78% connection
Ethyl.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
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: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
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: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Ethylic
unknown · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl; as, ethylic alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Ethylsulphuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
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: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Fusel oil
unknown · 78% connection
A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.
Glucoside
noun · 78% connection
One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and rega…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, complex, ethers, ethyl, glycerin.