Nouns denoting substances
- pepsinogen
- precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach
- hexestrol
- estrogen compound used to treat menstrual irregularities and menopausal symptoms and to prevent pregnancy
- butene
- any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers
- olivine
- a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium
- Mylar
- a thin polyester film
- sewage
- waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
- halitus
- exhaled breath
- glyceryl ester
- an ester of glycerol
- Greenland spar
- a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine
- humic substance
- an organic residue of decaying organic matter
- effluvium
- a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste)
- philosopher's stone
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
- siloxane
- any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms
- benzyl radical
- the univalent radical derived from toluene
- methylated spirit
- ethyl alcohol denatured with methyl alcohol to prevent its use as an alcoholic beverage
- chloride
- any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)
- inorganic compound
- any compound that does not contain carbon
- abrasive
- a substance that abrades or wears down
- adenosine
- (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP
- sticks and stone
- a general term for building materials
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