a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
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a clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits
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any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a dicarboxylic acid used to make resins
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.an organic compound containing two carboxyl functional groups (-COOH).; "The most widely used dicarboxylic acid in the industry is adi…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science.a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
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Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.readily apparent to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.a colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clear, odorless, hygroscopic, syrupy, carboxylic.
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