Words starting with hydrah
Maybe these words will be useful:
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hydratase — (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the addition or removal of the elements of water; a hydrase.
- hydrate — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- hydrated alumina — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, Al(OH) 3 or Al 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, obtained chiefly from bauxite: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, and printing inks, in dyeing, and in medicine as an antacid and in the treatment of ulcers.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
- hydrator — something that hydrates.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.