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Decomposite :: Decomposite (a.) See Decompound, a., 2..

Chinned :: Chinned (a.) Having a chin; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, short-chinned..

Hydroxide :: Hydroxide (n.) A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually with basic element or radical; as, calcium hydroxide ethyl hydroxide..

Catapasm :: Catapasm (n.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc..

Compounder :: Compounder (n.) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.

Aethogen :: Aethogen (n.) A compound of nitrogen and boro/, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride..

Thallous :: Thallous (a.) Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds..

Mixture :: Mixture (n.) That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley..

Stannotype :: Stannoso- (a.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, certain stannnous compounds..

Oxy- :: Oxy- () A compound containing oxygen.

Silicofluoric :: Silicofluoric (a.) Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine; especially, denoting the compounds called silicofluorides..

Apothecary :: Apothecary (n.) One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.

Litmus :: Litmus (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein..

Stoloniferous :: Stolon (n.) An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under Scyphistoma..

Temper :: Temper (n.) The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar..

Phenolate :: Phenolate (n.) A compound of phenol analogous to a salt.

Isomer :: Isomer (n.) A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a member of an isomeric series.

Simple :: Simple (a.) Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks..

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern..

Azo- :: Azo- () Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See Diazo-..

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