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Adjuvant
noun · 78% connection
An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Arabin
noun · 78% connection
A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Autotype
noun · 78% connection
A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Base
noun · 78% connection
The chief ingredient in a compound.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Carmine
noun · 78% connection
The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Cellulose
noun · 78% connection
The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Chondrin
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of bo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Colchicine
noun · 78% connection
A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Cyclamin
noun · 78% connection
A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen Europaeum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Delphinine
noun · 78% connection
A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Dulcamarin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound ta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Ergotine
unknown · 78% connection
A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Ericolin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Gliadin
noun · 78% connection
Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Glycyrrhizin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Humin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on certain sug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Hyoscine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
Isinglass
noun · 78% connection
A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of stur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, gelatin, chief, ingredient, silk.
