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caustic potash |
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a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry |
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coloring material |
Noun
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any material used for its color |
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colouring material |
Noun
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any material used for its color |
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coagulation factor |
Noun
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any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation |
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clotting factor |
Noun
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any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation |
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cyanine dye |
Noun
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any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen |
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cream of tartar |
Noun
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a salt used especially in baking powder |
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caulk |
Noun
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a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight |
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caulk |
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to seal with caulking |
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caulking |
Noun
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a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight |
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caustic soda |
Noun
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a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds |
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cudbear |
Noun
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a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens |
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chalybite |
Noun
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iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate |
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counterstain |
Noun
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a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly |
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cornstarch |
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starch prepared from the grains of corn |
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cornflour |
Noun
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starch prepared from the grains of corn |
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corn snow |
Noun
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granular snow formed by alternate thawing and freezing |
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chemical irritant |
Noun
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a substance producing irritation |
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capsaicin |
Noun
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colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum |
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cholesterol |
Noun
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an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver |
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cholesterin |
Noun
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an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver |
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cytotoxin |
Noun
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any substance that has a toxic effect on cells |
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cholic acid |
Noun
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an insoluble crystalline acid present in bile |
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cardiac glycoside |
Noun
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obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure |
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cardiac glucoside |
Noun
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obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure |
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cytochrome |
Noun
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(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration) |
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cytochrome c |
Noun
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the most abundant and stable cytochrome |
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cothromboplastin |
Noun
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a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K |
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carotin |
Noun
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an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants |
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cytidine |
Noun
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a nucleoside component of DNA |
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cobalamin |
Noun
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a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia |
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cyanocobalamin |
Noun
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a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia |
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coenzyme Q |
Noun
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any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration |
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catechin |
Noun
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a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance |
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carbamide |
Noun
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the chief solid component of mammalian urine |
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chalkstone |
Noun
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a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear |
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common topaz |
Noun
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a yellow quartz |
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chaulmoogra oil |
Noun
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an oil from chaulmoogra trees |
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calcium ion |
Noun
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ion of calcium |
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cerumen |
Noun
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a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal |
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cadaverine |
Noun
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a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue |
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cadmium sulfide |
Noun
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a yellow sulfide used chiefly as a pigment |
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cadmium yellow |
Noun
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pigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange |
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cadmium yellow pale |
Noun
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pale-hued cadmium yellow pigment |
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cadmium orange |
Noun
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orange-hued cadmium yellow pigment |
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cupric acetate |
Noun
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a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment |
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curare |
Noun
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a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles |
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ceruse |
Noun
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a poisonous white pigment that contains lead |
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cordwood |
Noun
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firewood cut and stacked in cords |
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cosmic time |
Noun
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the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe |