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Isomer

A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a member of an isomeric series.

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Compound 76% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Isomeric 74% connected

Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by wei…

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Isomeric 74% connected

Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by wei…

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Acetylene noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Aldehyde noun · 85% connection

any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

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Alkyne noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Amide noun · 85% connection

any organic compound containing the group -CONH2

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Aromatic compound noun · 85% connection

a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds

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Carboxylic acid noun · 85% connection

an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups

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Ester noun · 85% connection

organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

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Ethyne noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Hydrocarbon noun · 85% connection

an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen

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Ketone noun · 85% connection

any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals

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Oxidation noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidisation noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidization noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Polymer noun · 85% connection

a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

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Stereoisomer noun · 85% connection

any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement.; "A configurational ste…

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Ether noun · 85% connection

any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom

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Acetic acid noun · 84% connection

a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals

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Acetone body noun · 84% connection

a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/…

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-ide unknown · 78% connection

A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b)…

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Alloy verb · 78% connection

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. B…

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Angelica noun · 78% connection

any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in comp…

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Basyle noun · 78% connection

A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.

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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…

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Decane noun · 78% connection

A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.

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Decomposition noun · 78% connection

The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into const…

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Decompound verb · 78% connection

To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.

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Denominate adjective · 78% connection

Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while…

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Derivative noun · 78% connection

a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound

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Deut- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but w…

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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.

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