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Azoleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid.
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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…
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Doeglic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.
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Erucic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembli…
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Ipomoeic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomoea purga), an…
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Leuconic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.
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Locustic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid.
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Melissic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif., denoting an acid obtained by oxidation of myricin.
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Mucic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite…
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Myronic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed.
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Naphthalenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic ac…
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Nicotinic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxid…
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Octoic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the most important…
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Oenanthic
adjective · 78% connection
Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal…
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Oenanthylic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the ac…
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Oleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in…
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Oxanilic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, oxalic acid and aniline; -- used to designate an acid obtained in white crystalline scales by heating…
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Oxidation number
noun · 78% connection
the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge; "th…
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