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Carbolic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
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, designating, acid, found, certain.
Isocyanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under Fulminuric.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
Kynurenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called ky…
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Lactamic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
Lantanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usua…
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Lecanorin
noun · 78% connection
See Lecanoric.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
Lichenography
noun · 78% connection
A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
Lichenous
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
Lignoceric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distilling certain k…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
Lithobilic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
Lithofellic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
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, found, certain.
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, found, certain.
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: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
Oleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.
Paramaleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called fumaric acid.
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Parietic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, designating, acid, found, certain.