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salicylic acid |
Noun
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a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste |
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salmon oil |
Noun
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a fatty oil obtained from the wastes in canning salmon |
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salol |
Noun
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a white powder with a pleasant taste and odor |
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samarskite |
Noun
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a complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites |
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substantive dye |
Noun
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dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.) |
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sodium chlorate |
Noun
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a colorless salt (NaClO3) used as a weed killer and an antiseptic |
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sodium dichromate |
Noun
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a red-orange salt used as a mordant |
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sodium bichromate |
Noun
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a red-orange salt used as a mordant |
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safranine |
Noun
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any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes |
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safranin |
Noun
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any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes |
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silver nitrate |
Noun
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a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions |
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saffranine |
Noun
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any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes |
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sodium hydroxide |
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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silver bromide |
Noun
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a bromide that darkens when exposed to light |
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silver iodide |
Noun
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an iodide that is used in photography, in seeding clouds to make rain, and in medicine |
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sugar of lead |
Noun
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a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes |
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sodium nitrite |
Noun
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nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products |
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smokeless powder |
Noun
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an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke |
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spiegel iron |
Noun
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pig iron containing manganese |
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streptolysin |
Noun
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any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococcus |
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shale oil |
Noun
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oil extracted from oil shale by heating |
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spelter |
Noun
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impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots) |
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strophanthin |
Noun
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a bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus |
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shark oil |
Noun
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a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks |
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sperm oil |
Noun
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an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale |
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strontianite |
Noun
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a mineral consisting of strontium carbonate |
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shark-liver oil |
Noun
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a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks |
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stacte |
Noun
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(Old Testament) one of several sweet-smelling spices used in incense |
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stucco |
Noun
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a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime |
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stucco |
Verb
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coat with stucco |
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stucco |
Verb
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decorate with stucco work |
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sheep dip |
Noun
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a liquid mixture containing pesticides in which sheep are dipped to kill parasites |
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staphylococcal enterotoxin |
Noun
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a soluble exotoxin produced by some strains of staphylococcus |
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staphylococcal enterotoxin B |
Noun
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a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare |
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shoe polish |
Noun
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a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear |
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spinel |
Noun
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a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum |
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shot metal |
Noun
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an alloy that is 98% lead and 2% arsenic |
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spinel ruby |
Noun
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a spinel used as a gemstone (usually dark red) |
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sucrose |
Noun
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a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent |
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saccharose |
Noun
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a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent |
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silicic acid |
Noun
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a jellylike substance (hydrated silica) |
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silicate |
Noun
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a salt or ester derived from silicic acid |
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silicide |
Noun
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any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical |
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silicon carbide |
Noun
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an extremely hard blue-black crystalline compound (SiC) used as an abrasive and a heat refractory material |
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structural iron |
Noun
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iron that has been cast or worked in structural shapes |
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silicone |
Noun
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any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures |
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structural steel |
Noun
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a strong steel that is rolled into shapes that are used in construction |
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solid solution |
Noun
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a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals |
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silicone polymer |
Noun
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any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures |
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sulfanilic acid |
Noun
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a crystalline acid made from aniline and used as a dye |