Word Meanings - MESITYLENE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3 3, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid. -- Me*sit`y*len"ic, a.

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• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• SERIES DYNAMO
  A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others.
• OBTAINABLE
  Capable of being obtained.
• LIQUIDATION
  The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated. To go into liquidation , to turn over to a trustee one's assets and accounts, in order that the several amounts of one's indebtedness be authoritatively ascertained, and that the
• SERIES MOTOR
  A series-wound motor. A motor capable of being used in a series circuit.
• FRAGRANT
  fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant. Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume. Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers. Milton. Syn. -- Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous;
• DISTILLATORY
  Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n.
• SERIES
  Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. (more info) together; cf. Gr.
• LIQUIDIZE
  To render liquid.
• SERIES TURNS
  The turns in a series circuit.
• LIQUIDLY
  In a liquid manner; flowingly.
• LIQUIDATOR
  1. One who, or that which, liquidates. 2. An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company. Mozley & W.
• DISTILLMENT
  Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. Shak.
• LIQUIDAMBER
  See LIQUIDAMBAR
• OBTAIN
  1. To hold; to keep; to possess. His mother, then, is mortal, but his Sire He who obtains the monarchy of heaven. Milton. 2. To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way. Some pray for riches; riches they
• ACETONE
  A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum,
• LIQUIDNESS
  The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.
• DISTILLERY
  1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on. 2. The act of distilling spirits. Todd.
• BENZENE
  A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product
• UNLIQUIDATED
  Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted or settled. Unliquidated damages , penalties or damages not ascertained in money. Burrill.
• ACETONAEMIA; ACETONEMIA
  A morbid condition characterized by the presence of acetone in the blood, as in diabetes.
• REOBTAINABLE
  That may be reobtained.
• REOBTAIN
  To obtain again.
• ETHYLSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid. Ethylsulphuric acid , an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4, produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process
• PYROSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also disulphuric acid) obtained by distillation of certain sulphates, as a colorless, thick, oily liquid, H2S2O7 resembling sulphuric acid. It is used in the solution of indigo, in the manufacture of
• OXYBENZENE
  Hydroxy benzene. Same as Phenol.
• SEMILIQUIDITY
  The quality or state of being semiliquid; partial liquidity.