Nouns denoting substances
- nitrogen dioxide
- a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2)
- Xe
- a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
- fieldstone
- stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material
- Pepto-bismal
- an antacid
- antifreeze
- a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point
- Am
- a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
- cesium 137
- a radioactive isotope of cesium used in radiation therapy
- glass
- a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
- xanthate
- a salt or ester of xanthic acid
- iron putty
- a cement resembling putty; made by mixing ferric oxide and boiled linseed oil; is acid resistant
- galena
- soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead
- isothiocyanate
- a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations
- tuberculin
- a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
- hardtack
- a mountain mahogany
- soft coal
- rich in tarry hydrocarbons; burns readily with a smoky yellow flame
- unleaded petrol
- gasoline that has not been treated with a lead compound
- corrugated cardboard
- cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides)
- human gamma globulin
- a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses
- dripstone
- the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites
- opaque gem
- a gemstone that is opaque
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