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Acidifier
noun · 78% connection
A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
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Bromic
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the n…
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Bromoform
noun · 78% connection
A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caust…
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Burn
verb · 78% connection
To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
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Chloric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the…
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Chlorination
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of t…
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Chloriodic
adjective · 78% connection
Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.
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Chlorous
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the…
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Ethylene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concen…
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Euchlorine
noun · 78% connection
A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to cons…
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Fluorine
noun · 78% connection
A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of…
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Halogen
noun · 78% connection
An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and io…
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Homology
noun · 78% connection
The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.
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Hydracid
noun · 78% connection
An acid containing hydrogen; -- sometimes applied to distinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like, which contain no…
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Hydroxylamine
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained a…
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Metalloid
noun · 78% connection
Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metal…
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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…
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Nitric
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous…
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