S: (n) compound, chemical compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)
S: (n) vanillin (a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings)
S: (n) acceptor ((chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated)
S: (n) adduct (a compound formed by an addition reaction)
S: (n) antiknock (any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) arsenide (a compound of arsenic with a more positive element)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) base, alkali (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"
S: (n) carbonyl (a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) cofactor (a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result)
S: (n) cementite, iron carbide (a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle)
S: (n) chloropicrin, nitrochloroform (a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas)
S: (n) allomorph (any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound) "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
S: (n) corrosive (a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali))
S: (n) menthol (a crystalline compound that has the cool and minty taste and odor that occurs naturally in peppermint oil; used as a flavoring and in medicine to relieve itching, pain, and nasal congestion)
S: (n) nitrogen mustard (a toxic compound resembling mustard gas in structure; important in cancer treatment)
S: (n) nitride (a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal))
S: (n) oxide (any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical)
S: (n) polymer (a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers)
S: (n) preservative (a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition)
S: (n) quinone, benzoquinone (any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes)
S: (n) salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
S: (n) caustic (any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue)
S: (n) nitrate (any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid))
S: (n) tetrachloride (any compound that contains four chlorine atoms per molecule)
S: (n) triazine (any of three isomeric compounds having three carbon and three nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring)
S: (n) yellowcake, U308 (an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore)
S: (n) enamel (a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection)
S: (n) pregnanediol (a compound found in women's urine during certain phases of the menstrual cycle and in the urine of pregnant women)
S: (n) salt, table salt, common salt (white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food)
S: (n) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, SALT (negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons)
S: (n) salt, saltiness, salinity (the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth)