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Asphalte
noun · 78% connection
Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Calomel
noun · 78% connection
Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Caoutchin
noun · 78% connection
An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Caoutchouc
noun · 78% connection
A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Cerasin
noun · 78% connection
A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also meta-arabinic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Coagulation
noun · 78% connection
The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Dambonite
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Disacryl
noun · 78% connection
A white amorphous substance obtained as a polymeric modification of acrolein.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Elastin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Elaterium
noun · 78% connection
A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Etherin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Fibrin
noun · 78% connection
A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the unio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Globulin
noun · 78% connection
An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Glycogen
noun · 78% connection
A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the live…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Glycolide
noun · 78% connection
A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Glyoxal
noun · 78% connection
A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Indihumin
noun · 78% connection
A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.
Isoprene
noun · 78% connection
An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or guttaipercha.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, amorphous, tenacious, substance, resembling.