| ethyl chloride | a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic |
nitrous oxide
laughing gas | inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery |
polyvinyl chloride
PVC | a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables |
titanium dioxide
titanium oxide
titanic oxide
titania | a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability |
barium monoxide
barium oxide
barium protoxide | an oxide of barium, a whitish toxic powder |
bismuth
Bi
atomic number | a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically), usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals |
sodium chloride
common salt | a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl) |
periclase
magnesia
magnesium oxide | a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase, a source of magnesium |
heavy water
deuterium oxide | water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors |
ammonium chloride
sal ammoniac | a white salt used in dry cells |
| nitrogen oxide | any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials, present in car exhausts |
| nitric oxide | a poisonous red-brown gas (NO) |
arsenic arsenic trioxide
arsenous anhydride
arsenous oxide
white arsenic
ratsbane | a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic, used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer |
methylene blue
methylthionine chloride | a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning |
bleaching powder
chlorinated lime
chloride of lime | a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and
or disinfect |
calcium oxide
quicklime
lime calx
calcined lime
fluxing lime
unslaked lime
burnt lime | a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide |
acetyl chloride
ethanoyl chloride | colorless liquid acyl chloride (CHCOCl) that has a pungent odor |
| copper oxide | an oxide of copper |
alumina
aluminum oxide
aluminium oxide | any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum |
aluminum hydroxide
aluminium hydroxide
hydrated aluminum oxide
hydrated aluminium oxide | white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite |
potassium chloride
potassium muriate
potash muriate
K-Dur
Kaochlor
K-lor
Klorvess
K-lyte | salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur , Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte), taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency |
| ferric oxide | a red oxide of iron |
| hydrogen chloride | a colorless corrosive gas (HCl) |
hydroxide
hydrated oxide | a compound of an oxide with water |
| calcium chloride | a deliquescent salt, used in de-icing and as a drying agent |
mercuric chloride
mercury chloride
bichloride of mercury
corrosive sublimate | a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury, used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative |
calomel
mercurous chloride | a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic |
| oxide | any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical |
| chloride | any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion) |
| chloride | any compound containing a chlorine atom |
aluminum chloride
aluminium chloride | a chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst |
methylene chloride
dichloromethane | a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant |
| obidoxime chloride | a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX |
| silver chloride | a chloride used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions |
| stannic chloride | a colorless caustic liquid made by treating tin with chlorine |
silica
silicon oxide
silicon dioxide | a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO), various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite |
sulfur oxide
sulphur oxide | any of several oxides of sulphur |
zinc oxide
flowers of zinc
philosopher's wool
philosophers' wool | oxide of zinc, a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment |
zirconium oxide
zirconia
zirconium dioxide | a white crystalline oxide, used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes |