Nouns denoting substances
- orthophosphate
- a salt of phosphoric acid
- PABA
- a metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells; used to make dyes and drugs and sun blockers
- lactifuge
- any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding)
- borosilicate
- a salt of boric and silicic acids
- corrugated board
- cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides)
- sago
- powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
- streptolysin
- any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococcus
- hard water
- water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap
- ruby
- a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers
- sodium chlorate
- a colorless salt (NaClO3) used as a weed killer and an antiseptic
- grain
- the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
- litter
- rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
- saprolite
- a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place
- complementary DNA
- single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
- firebrand
- a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
- identification particle
- a tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufacture
- lepidolite
- a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium
- flypaper
- paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
- hexanoic acid
- a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats
- amygdaloid
- volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits
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