Nouns denoting substances
- blacktopping
- a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
- millboard
- stout pasteboard used to bind books
- wood pulp
- wood that has been ground to a pulp; used in making cellulose products (as rayon or paper)
- GB
- a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase
- DNA
- (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- woad
- a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant
- 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
- Davy's grey
- slightly purplish or bluish dark grey
- holy water
- water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification
- ethanoic acid
- a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
- humic substance
- an organic residue of decaying organic matter
- bile salt
- a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids
- eutectic
- a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point
- celluloid
- highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics
- glycolic acid
- a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes
- neurochemical
- any organic substance that occurs in neural activity
- caustic
- any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
- mucoid
- any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin
- macadam
- broken stone used in macadamized roadways
- alpha globulin
- a globulin in blood plasma or serum that is alkaline and has great electrophoretic mobility
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