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Burr
noun · 78% connection
The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Cyanuric acid
unknown · 78% connection
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: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Dextrin
noun · 78% connection
A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Dextro-
unknown · 78% connection
having the property of turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Dextrorotatory
adjective · 78% connection
Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Dextrose
noun · 78% connection
A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Distortion
noun · 78% connection
The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Fructose
noun · 78% connection
Fruit sugar; levulose.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Glucose
noun · 78% connection
Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Gyroidal
adjective · 78% connection
Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Hyperbola
noun · 78% connection
A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Inversion
noun · 78% connection
The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Laevulose
noun · 78% connection
See Levulose.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Leave
verb · 78% connection
To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Left-hand
adjective · 78% connection
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Levo-
unknown · 78% connection
Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.
Levorotatory
adjective · 78% connection
Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, twisting, plane, polarization, left.