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Saturate :: Saturate (v. t.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine..

Relatedness :: Relatedness (n.) The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity.

Relationship :: Relationship (n.) The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance..

Relative :: Relative (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman..

Chemism :: Chemism (n.) The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship.

Combination :: Combination (n.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds..

Combine :: Combine (v. i.) To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third..

Relation :: Relation (n.) Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children..

Bear :: Bear (n.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear..

Affinity :: Affinity (n.) A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin..

Consanguinity :: Consanguinity (n.) The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity..

Saturant :: Saturant (n.) A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance.

Heptavalent :: Heptavalent (a.) Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.

Passive :: Passive (a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive..

Congeneracy :: Congeneracy (n.) Similarity of origin; affinity.

Bond :: Bond (n.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence..

Homological :: Homological (a.) Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology..

Saturated :: Saturated (a.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated..

Affinitative :: Affinitative (a.) Of the nature of affinity.

Zinco-polar :: Zinco-polar (a.) Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity..

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