(organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.
formaldehydes
formaldehydes
noun
plural of formaldehyde
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
furomethyl
handyframe
humfrey
hydroformer
hydroformer
noun
(organic chemistry) The industrial plant in which hydroforming takes place
hyeniform
hymeniferous
hyperconformist
hyperconformity
hyperconformity
noun
Excessive conformity
hyperform
hypocrateriform
hypocrateriform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a salver.
hysteriform
ichthyornithiformes
lachrymaeform
metaformaldehyde
metaformaldehyde
noun
(chemistry) 1,3,5-trioxane
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.
meyerhof
meyerhofferite
meyerhofferite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated borate mineral with the chemical formula Ca₂B₆O₆(OH)₁₀ · ₂(H₂O).
mynpachtbrief
mythifier
paraformaldehyde
paraformaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) A solid oligomer of formaldehyde that is used as a fumigant, and as a fixative in histology
