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Selenite

A salt of selenious acid.

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Poison 76% connected

Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a dea…

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salt 76% connected

Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; aft…

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Toxicant 76% connected

A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.

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O 70% connected

Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expresse…

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Oxygen 70% connected

A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and ab…

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Selenium 70% connected

A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur…

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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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(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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(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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Displacement noun · 78% connection

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

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Displacement reaction noun · 78% connection

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

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Electrolysis noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions

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Foryml noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes

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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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Monad noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an atom having a valence of one

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Periodic table noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the periodic law

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

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Base noun · 78% connection

The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- a…

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Bicarbonate noun · 78% connection

a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate

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Binoxalate noun · 78% connection

A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.

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Bisulphate noun · 78% connection

A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the…

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Bisulphite noun · 78% connection

A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.

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Bitartrate noun · 78% connection

A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.

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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…

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Corn verb · 78% connection

To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or…

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Cyanuric acid unknown · 78% connection

an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…

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Diamide noun · 78% connection

Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Am…

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Dichromate noun · 78% connection

A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also bichromate.

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Disulphate noun · 78% connection

An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.

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