Nouns denoting substances
- ambergris
- waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume
- silex
- a pure form of finely ground silica
- laetrile
- a substance derived from amygdalin; publicized as an antineoplastic drug although there is no supporting evidence
- vanadium pentoxide
- any of various oxyacids of vanadium; known mostly in the form of its salts
- beta-naphthol
- an isomer of naphthol used in rubber as an antioxidant
- vanadinite
- a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium
- cofactor
- a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result
- bone oil
- the liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture
- puke
- the matter ejected in vomiting
- strontianite
- a mineral consisting of strontium carbonate
- organophosphate nerve agent
- any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds
- benzoyl radical
- the univalent radical derived from benzoic acid
- cardboard
- a stiff moderately thick paper
- alkene
- any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
- sepia
- rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes
- alicyclic compound
- an aliphatic compound that contains a ring of atoms
- cinnabar
- a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
- carbon disulfide
- a toxic colorless flammable liquid (CS2); used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane and carbon tetrachloride and as a solvent for rubber
- paste
- any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
- catechin
- a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance
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