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Alloxanic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Asparagine
noun · 78% connection
A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Barbituric acid
unknown · 78% connection
A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substitute…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Base pair
noun · 78% connection
one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA mole…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Biuret
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, C2O2N3H5, formed by heating urea. It is intermediate between urea and cyanuric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, 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: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, 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: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Diureide
noun · 78% connection
One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or alla…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Fatty acid
noun · 78% connection
any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Glucoside
noun · 78% connection
One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and rega…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Glycoluric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Hydantoin
noun · 78% connection
A derivative of urea, C3H4N2O2, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called also glyc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Indogen
noun · 78% connection
A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded as the essential nucleus of indigo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Interpolate
verb · 78% connection
To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a part…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Isatogen
noun · 78% connection
A complex nitrogenous radical, C8H4NO2, regarded as the essential residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, which easily pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Isuret
noun · 78% connection
An artificial nitrogenous base, isomeric with urea, and forming a white crystalline substance; -- called also isuretine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Ketol
noun · 78% connection
One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.
Lactose
noun · 78% connection
a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk; "cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: series, complex, nitrogenous, substances, regarded.