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Glycol :: Glycol (n.) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin..

Glycoluric :: Glycoluric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid..

Glyoxalic :: Glyoxalic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid..

Glyoxal :: Glyoxal (n.) A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid..

Hydantoic :: Hydantoic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin. See Glycoluric..

Glycolide :: Glycolide (n.) A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid..

Glycolic :: Glycolic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid..

#NAME? :: -ide () A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide, glucoside, etc..

Glycol :: Glycol (n.) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type..

Mandelic :: Mandelic (a.) Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid..

Glycoluril :: Glycoluril (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoin..

Erythrite :: Erythrite (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin..

Oxyacetic :: Oxyacetic (a.) Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid.

Hydantoin :: Hydantoin (n.) A derivative of urea, C3H4N2O2, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called also glycolyl urea..

Pinacone :: Pinacone (n.) A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type..

Glycolyl :: Glycolyl (n.) A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds..

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