AlkaliWordNet Explorer

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noun

any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

Words in this synset: base
noun

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal

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a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances

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any of several bases that are derivatives of purine

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an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor

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a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins

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any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine

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