acid
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So, Xiaohang Sun and Qiang Chen set out to develop a hydrogel that would disperse acid- and microbe-fighting compounds through the wood and gradually dissolve over time to avoid surface damage.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
Lipid-derived hormones have receptors located in the nucleus, and thus utilize intracellular receptors, whereas peptide and amino acid- derived hormones have receptors only on the surface of the cell.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
A comparison of the acid and base columns in this table supports the reciprocal relation between the strengths of conjugate acid- base pairs.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
It’s acid- and lignin-free to keep prints safe from damaging chemicals, has metal-reinforced corners for durability and comes in robin’s egg blue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2017
For his part, Verdi spoke nothing but praise about his acid- tongued contemporary, writing that Tristan und Isolde was ‘one of the finest creations that has ever issued from a human mind’.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing acid
Chemistry - Introductory
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Chemical Reactions - Introductory
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