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An amido compound with only one amido group.

The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Same as Oxalan.

al substance (C2O2(NH2)2) obtained by treating ethyl oxalate with ammonia. It is the acid amide of oxalic acid. Formerly called also oxalamide.

One of a series of bases containing the amido and the isonitroso groups united to the same carbon atom.

f cyanogen on aniline, and regarded as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also phenyl oxamide.

A yellowish brown substance obtained by heating potassium in ammonia.

in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [Eng.] Altitude of a pyramid (Geom.), the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of the base. -- Axis of a pyramid (Geom.), a straight line drawn from the vertex to the center of the base. -- Earth pyramid. (Geol.) See Earth pillars, under…

Of or pertaining to a pyramid; in the form of a a pyramid; pyramidical; as, pyramidal cleavage. The mystic obelisks stand up Triangular, pyramidal. Mrs. Browning.

Like a pyramid.

Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid; pyramidal. " A pyramidical rock." Goldsmith. "Gold in pyramidic plenty piled." Shenstone. -- Pyr`a*mid"ic*al*ly, adv. Pyr`a*mild"ic*al*ness, n.

The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.

A solid resembling a pyramid; -- called also pyramoid. Barlow.

A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.

Any one of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines.

An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.

An amide containing three amido groups.

The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, C2H5O.CS.NH2; -- called also xanthogen amide.