| buckminsterfullerene | (noun) a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene | Synonyms: buckyball |
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| chloroprene | (noun) derivative of butadiene used in making neoprene by polymerization | - |
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| fullerene | (noun) a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms | - |
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| gangrene | (noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | Synonyms: mortification, necrosis, sphacelus |
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| (noun) necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass | Synonyms: slough, sphacelus |
| neoprene | (noun) a synthetic rubber that is resistant to oils and aging; used in waterproof products | - |
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| polystyrene | (noun) a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic | - |
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| pyrene | (noun) the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it | - |
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| (noun) a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar | - |
| styrene | (noun) a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene | Synonyms: cinnamene, phenylethylene, vinylbenzene |
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