Thesaurus / insoluble
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It had landed in the reject pile because a second set of tests had suggested it was too insoluble to be a potential drug.
THE MIRACLE MOLECULE THAT COULD TREAT BRAIN INJURIES AND BOOST YOUR FADING MEMORYADAM PIOREAUGUST 25, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThis still leaves the possibility of creating insoluble paradoxes.
THIS TENET SHOWS TIME TRAVEL MAY BE POSSIBLE - ISSUE 98: MINDSIDNEY PERKOWITZMARCH 24, 2021NAUTILUSAlthough there was plenty of water and carbon dioxide available to work with billions of years ago, phosphorus was wrapped up in insoluble, unreactive rocks.
HOW LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE—ON EARTH AND ELSEWHERENEEL PATELMARCH 17, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWCrystals of calcium oxalate are insoluble in acetic acid or caustic soda.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDIt is in this way that lime, which occurs in the soil principally as the insoluble carbonate, is dissolved and absorbed.
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRYTHOMAS ANDERSONStarch is insoluble in cold water, but by boiling, it dissolves, forming a thick paste.
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRYTHOMAS ANDERSONIt is a white crystalline fusible solid, insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol and in solutions of the alkalies.
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRYTHOMAS ANDERSONThe greater part of the organic matters are insoluble both in water and acids.
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRYTHOMAS ANDERSONThis condition of mind made her an almost insoluble psychological problem.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRDThe plant, it will be remembered, was originally extracted with ether in which rhamnose is practically insoluble.
SOME CONSTITUENTS OF THE POISON IVY PLANT: (RHUS TOXICODENDRON)WILLIAM ANDERSON SYMEWORDS RELATED TO INSOLUBLE
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