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Acid
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetab…
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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"
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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"
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Asparagine
noun · 78% connection
A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed…
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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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Deca-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times th…
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Diazo-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form (also used adjectively), meaning pertaining to, or derived from, a series of compounds containing a radical of two ni…
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Electro-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as…
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Hydroxyl
noun · 78% connection
A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the…
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Imide
noun · 78% connection
A compound with, or derivative of, the imido group; specif., a compound of one or more acid radicals with the imido group, or with a m…
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Isouric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, isomeric with uric acid.
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Ketine
noun · 78% connection
One of a series of organic bases obtained by the reduction of certain isonitroso compounds of the ketones. In general they are unstabl…
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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…
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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…
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Leucoturic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic substance of the uric acid group, called leucoturic acid or oxalantin. See Oxalan…
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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…
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Mon-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix signifying one, single, alone; as, monocarp, monopoly; (Chem.) indicating that a compound contains one atom, radical, or grou…
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Mycomelic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid of the alloxan group, obtained as a honey-yellow powder. Its solutions have…
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