acetaldehyde | (noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs | Synonyms: ethanal |
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aldehyde | (noun) any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids | - |
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formaldehyde | (noun) a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol | Synonyms: methanal |
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furfuraldehyde | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfural |
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glyceraldehyde | (noun) a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars | Synonyms: glyceric aldehyde |
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pachyderm | (noun) any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus | - |
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pachyderma | (noun) thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction | Synonyms: nevoid elephantiasis |
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pachydermal | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms | Synonyms: pachydermatous, pachydermic, pachydermous |
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pachydermatous | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms | Synonyms: pachydermal, pachydermic, pachydermous |
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(adjective) emotionally hardened | Synonyms: callous, indurate |
pachydermic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms | Synonyms: pachydermal, pachydermatous, pachydermous |
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pachydermous | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms | Synonyms: pachydermal, pachydermatous, pachydermic |
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paraldehyde | (noun) a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent | Synonyms: ethanal trimer |
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propionaldehyde | (noun) a colorless liquid aldehyde | Synonyms: propanal |
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