Word Meanings - FORMYL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential residue of formic acid and aldehyde. Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3.

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• FORMICARY
  The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.
• UNIVALENT
  Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• ALDEHYDE
  A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain of oxidation. Note: The aldehydes are intermediate between the alcohols and acids, and differ from the alcohols in having two less hydrogen atoms in the molecule, as
• FORMICAROID
  Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridæ or ant thrushes.
• FORMICATE
  Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.
• METHYLENE
  A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly called also methene. Methylene blue , an artificial dyestuff
• METHYLATED
  Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit; as, methylated spirits.
• RADICALNESS
  Quality or state of being radical.
• RESIDUE
  That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies. (more info) that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to
• METHYLAL
  A light, volatile liquid, H2C 2, regarded as a complex ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also formal.
• REGARDLESS
  1. Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity. Regardless of the bliss wherein he sat. Milton. 2. Not regarded; slighted. Spectator. Syn. -- Heedless; negligent; careless; indifferent; unconcerned;
• ESSENTIAL
  Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones. (more info) 1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is. Majestic as the
• RADICALLY
  1. In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system radically wrong or defective. 2. Without derivation; primitively; essentially. These great orbs thus radically bright. Prior.
• REGARD
  1. To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon. Your niece regards me with an eye of favor. Shak. 2. Hence, to look or front toward; to face. It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland. Sandys. That exceedingly beatiful seat,
• FORMIC
  Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic ether. Amido formic acid, carbamic acid. -- Formic acid, a colorless, mobile liquid, HCO.OH, of a sharp, acid taste,
• FORMICATION
  A sensation resembling that made by the creeping of ants on the skin. Dunglison. (more info) an ant, to feel as if ants were crawling on one's self, fr. formica
• FORMICA
  A Linnæan genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See Ant.
• ESSENTIALITY
  The quality of being essential; the essential part. Jer. Taylor.
• ESSENTIALNESS
  Essentiality. Ld. Digby.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SPORADICAL
  Sporadic.
• EQUIRADICAL
  Equally radical. Coleridge.
• TRIMETHYLENE
  A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.
• TRIMETHYLAMINE
  A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N. 3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups.
• PARALDEHYDE
  A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance.
• OXYMETHYLENE
  Formic aldehyde, regarded as a methylene derivative.
• ACETALDEHYDE
  Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.