Definition of compound

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Compound (v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration..

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Albumose :: Albumose (n.) A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose..
Tonite :: Tonite (n.) An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.
Salicylite :: Salicylite (n.) A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.
Individual :: Individual (n.) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared..
Salt :: Salt (n.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol..
Compounding :: Compounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compoun.
Mercurification :: Mercurification (n.) The act or process of compounding, or the state of being compounded, with mercury..
Zirconic :: Zirconic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zirconium; as, zirconic oxide; zirconic compounds..
Benzamide :: Benzamide (n.) A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds..
Bromic :: Bromic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, bromic acid..
Oxy- :: Oxy- () A compound containing oxygen.
Acetanilide :: Acetanilide (n.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine..
Purpureo- :: Purpureo- () A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color. Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic..
Areolated :: Areolated (a.) Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers..
Bihydroguret :: Bihydroguret (n.) A compound of two atoms of hydrogen with some other substance.
Condensation :: Condensation (n.) A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene..
Electer :: Electer (n.) A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy.
Decompound :: Decompound (n.) A decomposite.
Stoicism :: Stoichiometry (n.) The art or process of calculating the atomic proportions, combining weights, and other numerical relations of chemical elements and their compounds..
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