English to English Dictionary -valeric

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Cavalero :: Cavalero (n.) Alt. of Cavalier.

Valeramide :: Valeramide (n.) The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance..

Valerate :: Valerate (n.) A salt of valeric acid.

Valerian :: Valerian (n.) Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic..

Valerianaceous :: Valerianaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard..

Valerianate :: Valerianate (n.) A valerate.

Valerianic :: Valerianic (a.) Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid..

Valeric :: Valeric (a.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese..

Valeridine :: Valeridine (n.) A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids..

Valerin :: Valerin (n.) A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor..

Valeritrine :: Valeritrine (n.) A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles..

Valero- :: Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid..

Valerone :: Valerone (n.) A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid.

Valeryl :: Valeryl (n.) The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives..

Valerylene :: Valerylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8; -- called also pentine..