benzene
— Noun
– English
~ a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
benzine
— Noun
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~ a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
benzoate
— Noun
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~ any salt or ester of benzoic acid
benzocaine
— Noun
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~ a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic
benzodiazepine
— Noun
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~ any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency
benzofuran
— Noun
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~ a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins
benzoic acid
— Noun
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~ a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins
Benzoin
— Noun
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~ used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera
benzoin
— Noun
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~ gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
benzol
— Noun
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~ a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
benzoquinone
— Noun
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~ any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes
benzyl
— Noun
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~ the univalent radical derived from toluene
benzylpenicillin
— Noun
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~ the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics
Beograd
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~ capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube
beowulf
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~ the legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon
bequest
— Noun
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~ (law) a gift of personal property by will
berating
— Noun
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~ a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him"
Berber
— Noun
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~ a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa
Berber
— Noun
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~ a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco