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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, substance, sweetish, taste.
Cerebrin
noun · 78% connection
A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
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: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Codeine
noun · 78% connection
One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much fe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Coerulignone
noun · 78% connection
A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Cotarnine
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Emodin
noun · 78% connection
An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquino…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
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: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Flavol
noun · 78% connection
A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Gentianose
noun · 78% connection
A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Haematexylin
noun · 78% connection
The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Hydantoin
noun · 78% connection
A derivative of urea, C3H4N2O2, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called also glyc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Iodoform
noun · 78% connection
A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Lactimide
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Lophine
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Melanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid obtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a white crystalline powde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Methionic
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic (thionic) acid derivative of methane, obtained as a stable white crystalline substance,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.
Murexoin
noun · 78% connection
A complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarlet crystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, crystalline, substance, sweetish, taste.