Term: saponification: a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap)
Broader: chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | Unrelated: bite: a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
Broader: chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | Unrelated: heparin: a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery
Broader: chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | Unrelated: cube: any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
Broader: chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | Unrelated: stockpot: a pot used for preparing soup stock
Broader: chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | Unrelated: macroeconomics: the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy
Broader: chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | Unrelated: thread: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
Broader: chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | Unrelated: hiatus hernia: hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm
Broader: chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | Unrelated: field bindweed: weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
Broader: chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | Unrelated: alopiidae: thresher sharks
Broader: chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | Unrelated: teton: a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains