chemical compound

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chemical compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight compound chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions vanillin - a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings acceptor - (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated adduct - a compound formed by an addition reaction antiknock - any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking acid - any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt arsenide - a compound of arsenic with a more positive element hydrogen cyanide - a highly poisonous gas or volatile liquid that smells like bitter almonds; becomes a gas at around 90 degree Fahrenheit and is most dangerous when inhaled; the anhydride of hydrocyanic acid; used in manufacturing anionic compound - a compound characterized by an active anion alkali, base - any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" binary compound - chemical compound composed of only two elements taurine - a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals chromogen - a compound that can be converted to a pigment manganese tetroxide - an oxide of manganese found naturally as hausmannite monomer - a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers ozonide - any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from the addition of ozone to a double bond in an unsaturated compound organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radical ammine - a complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules anhydride - a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water azide - a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical bitter principle - any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste; not admitting of chemical classification buffer - (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH calcium-cyanamide, cyanamide - a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds carbonyl - a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide carbon disulfide - a toxic colorless flammable liquid (CS2); used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane and carbon tetrachloride and as a solvent for rubber cofactor - a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result cementite, iron carbide - a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle chemical, chemical substance - material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules chloropicrin, nitrochloroform - a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas coordination compound, complex - a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated allomorph - any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite" corrosive - a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) aluminate - a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide defoliant - a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off depilatory - a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides derivative - a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound dimer - a compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers fixing agent, fixer - a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image) flavone - a colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments formulation, preparation - a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"