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Lime :: Lime (v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime..

Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.

Ergotine :: Ergotine () A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus..

Quercitrin :: Quercitrin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak (Quercus) as a bitter citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a pigment and called quercitron..

Indiretin :: Indiretin (n.) A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican.

Osmium :: Osmium (n.) A rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard, infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known. Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues. Symbol Os. Atomic weight 191.1. Specific gravity 22.477..

Xyloquinone :: Xyloquinone (n.) Any one of a group of quinone compounds obtained respectively by the oxidation of certain xylidine compounds. In general they are yellow crystalline substances.

Adjuvant :: Adjuvant (n.) A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.

Carbostyril :: Carbostyril (n.) A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids..

Wood :: Wood (n.) The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber..

Peptonoid :: Peptonoid (n.) A substance related to peptone.

Inclusion :: Inclusion (n.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral..

Mucamide :: Mucamide (n.) The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance..

Capsaicin :: Capsaicin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity..

Parabanic :: Parabanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which is obtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystalline substance (C3N2H2O3); -- also called oxalyl urea..

Slating :: Slating (n.) The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater..

Quinoidine :: Quinoidine (n.) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids.

Cerotin :: Cerotin (n.) A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol..

Nitroform :: Nitroform (n.) A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties..

Metaldehyde :: Metaldehyde (n.) A white crystalline substance isomeric with, and obtained from, acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible into the same..

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