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Chlorobenzene
noun · 78% connection
a colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene; used as a solvent and in the product…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
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: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Coal tar
unknown · 78% connection
A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
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: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
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: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
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: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Ericinol
noun · 78% connection
A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Ester
noun · 78% connection
An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Ether
noun · 78% connection
A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Ethereal
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Etherealize
verb · 78% connection
To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Ethereous
adjective · 78% connection
Formed of ether; ethereal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Etherification
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the ag…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
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: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Ethylamine
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
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: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Guiacol
noun · 78% connection
A colorless liquid, C6H4,OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, aud produced by the dry distilla…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.
Ketone
noun · 78% connection
One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, volatile, liquid, och3, regarded.