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Acrylamide
noun · 78% connection
a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals; "they claimed tha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Aspartic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
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: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Diamide
noun · 78% connection
Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Am…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
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: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Hydroquinone
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, obtained by the reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Lactamide
noun · 78% connection
An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Malamic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid and malamide, and known only by its salts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Maleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Malonic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Metaphosphoric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crysta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Mucamide
noun · 78% connection
The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Mucic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Nitroprussic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Orsellinic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline substance,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Oxamide
n · 78% connection
A white crystalline neutral substance (C2O2(NH2)2) obtained by treating ethyl oxalate with ammonia. It is the acid amide of oxalic aci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.
Paramaleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called fumaric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acid, amide, derived, malic, white.