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Telluride

A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.

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Compound 76% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Tellurium 70% connected

A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usuall…

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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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Chemical reaction noun · 78% connection

(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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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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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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Radical noun · 78% connection

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

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Reaction noun · 78% connection

(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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-ide unknown · 78% connection

A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b)…

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Acid noun · 78% connection

One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetab…

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Amide noun · 78% connection

A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hy…

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Ammonium noun · 78% connection

A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.

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Amphigen noun · 78% connection

An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.

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Amylate noun · 78% connection

A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.

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Arsenide noun · 78% connection

A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.

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Azide noun · 78% connection

a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical

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Basyle noun · 78% connection

A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.

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Bicarbonate noun · 78% connection

A carbonate 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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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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Boride noun · 78% connection

A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.

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