chemical analysis qualitative analysis | the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements |
quantitative analysis quantitative chemical analysis | chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance |
chemical terrorism | terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare, can undermine the personal security of citizens, a good agent for chemical terrorism should be colorless and odorless and inexpensive and readily available and not detectable until symptoms are experienced |
chemical engineering | the activity of applying chemistry to the solution of practical problems |
chemical defense chemical defence | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents |
chemical warfare chemical operations | warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy |
protective covering | the tough natural covering of some organisms |
analytical balance chemical balance | a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis |
baseball glove glove baseball mitt mitt | the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball |
batting glove | a glove worn by batters in baseball to give a firmer grip on the bat |
boxing glove glove | boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters, worn for the sport of boxing |
chemical bomb gas bomb | a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes |
chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
chemical reactor | an apparatus for holding substances that are undergoing a chemical reaction |
chemical weapon | chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants |
escarpment escarp scarp protective embankment | a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification |
gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
glove | handwear: covers the hand and wrist |
glove compartment | compartment on the dashboard of a car |
golf glove | a glove worn by golfers to give a firm grip on the handle of the golf club |
hand puppet glove puppet glove doll | a puppet with a cloth body and hollow head, fits over the hand |
kid glove suede glove | a glove made of fine soft leather (as kidskin) |
protective covering protective cover protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury, they had no protection from the fallout, wax provided protection for the floors |
protective garment | clothing that is intended to protect the wearer from injury |
protective coloration | coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators |
chemical property | a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity |
protective fold | a flap of tissue that protects what it covers |
equilibrium law law of chemical equilibrium | (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction |
chemistry chemical science r | the science of matter, the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
chemical engineering | the branch of engineering that is concerned with the design and construction and operation of the plants and machinery used in industrial chemical processes |
Chemical Weapons Convention | a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons |
chemical notation | a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry |
formula chemical formula | a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements |
chemical industry | the manufacturers of chemicals considered collectively |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW | international organization for chemical disarmament, administers the Chemical Weapons Convention |
Federal Protective Service FPS | an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business |
chain chemical chain | (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) |
chemical phenomenon | any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules) |
affinity chemical attraction | the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule, basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk |
chemical bond bond | an electrical force linking atoms |
chemical energy | that part of the energy in a substance that can be released by a chemical reaction |
protective tariff | a tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition |
chemical equilibrium equilibrium | a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates |
chemical process chemical change chemical action | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
chemical reaction reaction | (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others, there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water |
decomposition decomposition reaction chemical decomposition reaction | (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance |
mechanism chemical mechanism | the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction, he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions |
latent diabetes chemical diabetes | a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures |
glove anesthesia | a mental disorder involving loss of sensitivity in the hand and wrist, since no combination of nerves serve this area a glove anesthesia is clearly psychogenic in origin |
group radical chemical group | (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule |