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Alkali
noun · 78% connection
Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
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: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Catacaustic
adjective · 78% connection
Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Caustic
adjective · 78% connection
A caustic curve or caustic surface.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Colliquation
noun · 78% connection
A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Colorless
adjective · 78% connection
Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Creosol
noun · 78% connection
A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Cresol
noun · 78% connection
Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood ta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Crucible
noun · 78% connection
A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Diacaustic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
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: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
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: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Escharotic
noun · 78% connection
A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Fusion
verb · 78% connection
The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Galbanum
noun · 78% connection
A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Afri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
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: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.
Indol
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: colorless, crystalline, substance, phenol, series.