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Acetaldehyde
noun · 78% connection
Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Acetone
noun · 78% connection
A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the disti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Castor bean
noun · 78% connection
the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Colophene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Cumene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
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: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Distillment
noun · 78% connection
Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Doeglic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
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: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
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: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
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: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Hircic
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Isethionic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid, HO.C2H4.SO3H, obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by the action of sul…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Kerosene
noun · 78% connection
An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence calle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Mandelic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
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: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Nitroprussic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.
Oenanthic
adjective · 78% connection
Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: oily, substance, obtained, distillation, castor.