Nouns denoting substances
- sheep dip
- a liquid mixture containing pesticides in which sheep are dipped to kill parasites
- sticky end
- an end of DNA in which one strand of the double helix extends a few units beyond the other
- gold dust
- the particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining
- Rochelle salts
- a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
- aldol
- an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
- surface soil
- the layer of soil on the surface
- morocco
- a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc.
- MSH
- a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes
- propylthiouracil
- a crystalline compound used as an antithyroid drug in the treatment of goiter
- pyridine
- a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal
- construction paper
- paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts
- dental gold
- an alloy of gold used in dentistry
- ferrocyanic acid
- a white unstable acid formed from ferrocyanide salts
- halogen
- any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
- cyanogen
- a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare
- laid paper
- writing paper having a watermark of fine lines running across the grain
- oxyacetylene
- a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals
- Pd
- a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry
- Mg
- a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
- Lysol
- a clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant
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