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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: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
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: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
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: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
Alcoholic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mix…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
Aldehyde
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
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 It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radic…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: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
Bromoform
noun · 78% connection
A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caust…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
Cerotin
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
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: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
Chloranil
noun · 78% connection
A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
Chloroform
noun · 78% connection
A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alka…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
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: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
Colorless
adjective · 78% connection
Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
Derivative
noun · 78% connection
A substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the am…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
Erythrite
noun · 78% connection
A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decompos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
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: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
Ethylene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.
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: colorless, liquid, obtained, certain, derivatives.