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Acetaldehyde
noun · 78% connection
Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Binoxalate
noun · 78% connection
A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Carbolic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Desoxalic
adjective · 78% connection
Made or derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Dibasic
adjective · 78% connection
Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, as oxal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Dicarbonic
adjective · 78% connection
Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl or radicals; as, oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
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: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Glycolic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Glycoluric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Glyoxal
noun · 78% connection
A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Hydrosorbic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Hydrosulphurous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, under Hyposulphurous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Isocyanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under Fulminuric.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Kynurenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called ky…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Lactamic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Lantanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Lithobilic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.
Maleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, aldehyde, acid, intermediate.