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nouna liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
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nouna statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
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- water binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
- fail become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
- ga the first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare
- bankruptcy a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
- remover a solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface)
- h2o binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
- ethanol the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
- etch selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
- turpentine volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
- furfural a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent