Nouns denoting substances
- dust
- free microscopic particles of solid material
- glycerine
- a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
- Ringer's solution
- an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations
- concentrate
- the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
- wormwood oil
- a dark bitter oil obtained from wormwood leaves; flavors absinthe liqueurs
- smut
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- polyelectrolyte
- an electrolyte of high molecular weight
- Admiralty Metal
- alpha-beta brass containing tin; resistant to sea water; Admiralty Metal is a trademark
- doeskin
- soft leather from deerskin or lambskin
- pyroligneous acid
- a red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tars
- wormcast
- cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm
- cupric sulfate
- a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide
- Rn
- a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
- immunoglobulin E
- one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes
- ribose
- a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
- quartzite
- hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
- oxalacetate
- a salt or ester of oxalacetic acid
- shale
- a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
- nickel-base alloy
- an alloy whose main constituent is nickel
- humectant
- any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist
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