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| abradant |
am abrasive substance. [1/2 definitions] |
| abrasive |
a material or substance used to grind or polish surfaces. [1/3 definitions] |
| absolute zero |
the lowest possible temperature for any known substance, equal to -273.15 degrees Celsius or -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| absorbent |
a material or substance that absorbs. [1/2 definitions] |
| abstract |
existing as something without material form or substance. [1/13 definitions] |
| accelerant |
a substance capable of accelerating a process, such as the spreading of a fire. |
| acetylcholine |
in biochemistry, the substance produced during nerve conduction that transmits nerve impulses across synapses and causes muscles to move. [1/2 definitions] |
| acid |
a substance that tastes sour. [1/7 definitions] |
| activate |
in physics, to cause radioactive properties in (a substance). [1/6 definitions] |
| actualize |
to make real; to give substance to. |
| adamant |
any extremely hard, unbreakable, or impenetrable substance. [1/3 definitions] |
| addict |
one who depends on or craves a habit-forming substance, such as a drug. [2/4 definitions] |
| addiction |
the condition of being addicted, esp. to a narcotic substance. |
| additive |
a substance added in small amounts to another to improve, preserve, or otherwise alter it. [1/2 definitions] |
| adhesive |
an adhesive substance or material such as glue. [1/2 definitions] |
| adsorption |
the condensation or adhesion of a gas, vapor, liquid, or dissolved substance on the surface of a solid or liquid. (Cf. absorption.) |
| adulterant |
something that, when added to a substance, makes the substance impure or inferior. [1/2 definitions] |
| aerial |
resembling air, as in lightness or lack of substance. [1/6 definitions] |
| aerosol |
a liquid substance, such as an insecticide, disinfectant, deodorant, or paint, sealed in a container under pressure and dispensed as a fine spray. [1/2 definitions] |
| agar |
a gelatinous substance derived from red marine algae, used esp. to solidify bacterial cultures and to thicken foods; agar-agar. |
| -agogue |
a substance that encourages the secretion or flow of. [1/2 definitions] |
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