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Anil
noun · 78% connection
A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
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: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Blue
superl. · 78% connection
Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
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: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Chrysoidine
noun · 78% connection
An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoidine proper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Crocein
noun · 78% connection
A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are dia…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Cyanine
noun · 78% connection
One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Cyanogen
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Diisatogen
noun · 78% connection
A red crystalline nitrogenous substance or artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Hydrazine
noun · 78% connection
Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Hydrocarbostyril
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C9H9NO, obtained from certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely related to quino…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Indican
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a de…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Indigo
noun · 78% connection
A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Indigogen
noun · 78% connection
See Indigo white, under Indigo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Indigotin
noun · 78% connection
See Indigo blue, under Indigo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Indin
noun · 78% connection
A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Indirubin
noun · 78% connection
A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, and accompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
Indium
noun · 78% connection
A rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, artificial, blue, dyestuffs, resembling.
