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-ate
unknown · 78% connection
In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Bilin
noun · 78% connection
A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Caprate
noun · 78% connection
A salt of capric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Capric
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
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: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
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: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
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, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Hydracid
noun · 78% connection
An acid containing hydrogen; -- sometimes applied to distinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like, which contain no…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
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: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Margarin
noun · 78% connection
A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Metantimonic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (formerly called antimonic acid) analogous to metaphosphoric acid, and obtained as a white amor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
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, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Normal
adjective · 78% connection
Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
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: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Oenanthol
noun · 78% connection
An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Oenanthylic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the ac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Paraffine
noun · 78% connection
A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by disti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.
Peptohydrochloric
adjective · 78% connection
Designating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid) which is supposed to b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, formerly, supposed.