a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
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Uric acid
a white tasteless odorless crystalline product of protein metabolism; found in the blood and urine
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Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.Nitric acid.
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substitute…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a dicarboxylic acid used to make resins
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.an organic compound containing two carboxyl functional groups (-COOH).; "The most widely used dicarboxylic acid in the industry is adi…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a solid acid (C6H10O8) found in milk or sugar
Used in the same subject area: Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Pollution.a dicarboxylic acid found in cork
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a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of bo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.a crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins; important in protein metabolism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, tasteless, odorless, crystalline, product.One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood…
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