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Pyridine

A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaines, may be mentioned. See Lutidine.

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Alkali 76% connected

Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.

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Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Neutralisation noun · 85% connection

a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential react…

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Neutralisation reaction noun · 85% connection

a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential react…

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Neutralization noun · 85% connection

a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential react…

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a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential react…

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Glyoxaline noun · 84% connection

an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor

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Melamine noun · 84% connection

a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins

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Adenine noun · 83% connection

(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA

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Acceptor noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

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Breakdown noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Buffer noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH

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Chemical compound noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Chemical decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Chemical group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the gro…

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(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Decomposition noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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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…

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Acrolein noun · 78% connection

A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats…

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Aniline noun · 78% connection

An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radic…

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Anthracite noun · 78% connection

A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequ…

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Benzene noun · 78% connection

A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is…

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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…

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Collidine noun · 78% connection

One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, c…

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Colophene noun · 78% connection

A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called a…

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Creosote noun · 78% connection

Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurit…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, base, c5h5n, obtained, distillation.
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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…

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Ecgonine noun · 78% connection

A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.

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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…

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