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Abietine
noun · 78% connection
A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Agreeable
adjective · 78% connection
Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Bromoform
noun · 78% connection
A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caust…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Carbamine
noun · 78% connection
An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Chloral
noun · 78% connection
A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcoho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Chloroform
noun · 78% connection
A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alka…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Chlorpicrin
noun · 78% connection
A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Cyanogen
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Cymene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Diethylamine
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Durene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Erythrite
noun · 78% connection
A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decompos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Ethylene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Eugenol
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2 resembling the phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid. It is found in the oil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Furfurol
noun · 78% connection
A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Gelation
noun · 78% connection
The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Glycolide
noun · 78% connection
A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
Hexine
noun · 78% connection
A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; -- called also hexoylen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, liquid, hydrocarbon, resembling, turpentine.
