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Acetal
noun · 78% connection
A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Acetone
noun · 78% connection
A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the disti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
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: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Alcohol
noun · 78% connection
Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Aniline
noun · 78% connection
An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Benzene
noun · 78% connection
A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Caoutchin
noun · 78% connection
An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Capnomor
noun · 78% connection
A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Casein
noun · 78% connection
A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and const…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Charcoal
verb · 78% connection
Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Coal tar
unknown · 78% connection
A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Colophene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
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: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Cryptidine
noun · 78% connection
One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Cumene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Dermestes
noun · 78% connection
A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Distillment
noun · 78% connection
Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.
Furfurol
noun · 78% connection
A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: limpid, oily, liquid, obtained, destructive.