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Brand
verb · 78% connection
A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an anim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Carboxyl
noun · 78% connection
The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Carboxylic acid
noun · 78% connection
an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Dephlegmation
noun · 78% connection
The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, espec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Derivative
noun · 78% connection
A substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the am…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Designate
verb · 78% connection
To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to de…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Ethane
noun · 78% connection
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
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: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Glyoxaline
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Heterology
noun · 78% connection
The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the rel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Hydrazine
noun · 78% connection
Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
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: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
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, related, naphthalene, specifically.
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, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Locustic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Magdala
adjective · 78% connection
Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Myronic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.
Naphthalenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic ac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, naphthalene, specifically.