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-ose
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of which it is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group; as in cellulose, sucr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Aromatic compound
noun · 78% connection
a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Aromatic hydrocarbon
noun · 78% connection
a hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Benzol
noun · 78% connection
An impure benzene, used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. See Benzene.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Bittersweet
adjective · 78% connection
Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Chloranil
noun · 78% connection
A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Coal tar
unknown · 78% connection
A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Derivative
noun · 78% connection
A substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the am…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Dextrose
noun · 78% connection
A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Diphenyl
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, C6H5.C6H5, obtained by leading benzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene or phenyl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Erythrite
noun · 78% connection
A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decompos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Furfurine
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Galactose
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Glucose
noun · 78% connection
A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Glyoxal
noun · 78% connection
A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Hydroquinone
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, obtained by the reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Indihumin
noun · 78% connection
A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
Inversion
noun · 78% connection
The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sweet, amorphous, deliquescent, substance, obtained.
