Term: carboxylic acid: an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Broader: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | Unrelated: gobiesox: type genus of the Gobiesocidae
Broader: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | Unrelated: rubicelle: a yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel
Broader: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | Unrelated: big science: scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results
Broader: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | Unrelated: monoxide: an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule
Broader: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | Unrelated: neopolitan: a resident of Naples
Broader: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | Unrelated: diptera: a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
Broader: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | Unrelated: inevitable: an unavoidable event
Broader: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | Unrelated: vincent's angina: an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
Broader: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | Unrelated: coefficient of self induction: the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henries
Broader: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt | Unrelated: chlorothiazide: a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension