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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: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Acetyl
noun · 78% connection
A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Acid
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Afterdamp
noun · 78% connection
a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Air gas
noun · 78% connection
a gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen; made by passing air over hot coke
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Antozone
noun · 78% connection
A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antag…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Burn
verb · 78% connection
To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amoun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Carbohydrate
noun · 78% connection
Organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, used by organisms for energy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Carbon
noun · 78% connection
An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Compound
verb · 78% connection
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
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: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Drummond light
unknown · 78% connection
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Element
noun · 78% connection
One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Elemental
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, ele…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Hydr-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form of hydrogen, indicating hydrogen as an ingredient, as hydrochloric; or a reduction product obtained by hydrogen, as h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
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: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Hydrogen bond
noun · 78% connection
a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side being a coval…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
Hydroxyl
noun · 78% connection
A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, given, four, elements, carbon.
