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Chloranil
noun · 78% connection
A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Chrysene
noun · 78% connection
One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Coerulignone
noun · 78% connection
A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
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: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Erythrine
noun · 78% connection
A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Gelseminic
noun · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resemb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
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: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
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: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Hydroxy amino acid
noun · 78% connection
any amino acid with a hydroxy group.; "The hydroxy group appears on the second carbon atom of the hydroxy amino acids serine and threo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Hydroxy-amino acid
noun · 78% connection
any amino acid with a hydroxy group.; "The hydroxy group appears on the second carbon atom of the hydroxy amino acids serine and threo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Juglone
noun · 78% connection
A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called also nucin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Lactone
noun · 78% connection
One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Lipic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Mannite
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
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: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Morin
noun · 78% connection
A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); -- calle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Naphthalic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to denote any one of a series of acids derived from naph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.
Naphthoic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, naphthalene, specifically, designate.