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crystallized phenol or carbolic acid. -- Phenol acid (Chem.), any one of a series of compounds which are at once derivatives of both phenol and some member of the fatty acid series; thus, salicylic acid is a phenol acid. -- Phenol alcohol (Chem.), any one of series of derivatives of phenol and carbinol which have th…

A compound of phenol analogous to a salt.

y as a colorless oil which unites with acids, ketones, etc., to form well-crystallized compounds.

e odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds.

A binary compound of phosphorus.

To impregnate, or combine, with phosphorus or its compounds; as, phosphorated oil.

ost highly oxidized acid of phosphorus, and forms an important and extensive series of compounds, viz., the phosphates. -- Soluble phosphoric acid, Insoluble phosphoric acid (Agric. Chem.), phosphoric acid combined in acid salts, or in neutral or basic salts, which are respectively soluble and insoluble in water or in…

ng to phosphorus; resembling or containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3.

operty was discovered by a resident of Bologna. The term is sometimes applied to other compounds having similar properties. -- Metallic phosphorus (Chem.), an allotropic modification of phosphorus, obtained as a gray metallic crystalline substance, having very inert chemical properties. It is obtained by heating ordin…

The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.

One who studies or expounds the laws of light.

To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

er and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.

One who impounds; a poundkeeper. [Obs.]

A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold. Shak. A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. Sir W. Scott.

One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.

Poundage of cattle. See Pound. [Obs.]

One who pins or impounds cattle. See Pin, v. t. [Obs.]

One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.

A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.