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Acyl
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Acyl group
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Albumin
noun · 78% connection
A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Antimony
noun · 78% connection
An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Asparagine
noun · 78% connection
A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Betaine
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Biuret
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, C2O2N3H5, formed by heating urea. It is intermediate between urea and cyanuric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Carnin
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Creatin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Dioxindol
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance obtained by the reduction of isatin. It is a member of the indol series; -- hence its name.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Extractive
noun · 78% connection
Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Feldspath
noun · 78% connection
A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Glycoluril
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Glycosine
noun · 78% connection
An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Glyoxaline
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Isuret
noun · 78% connection
An artificial nitrogenous base, isomeric with urea, and forming a white crystalline substance; -- called also isuretine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Keratin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.
Leucin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, nitrogenous, substance, produced.