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formaldehyde

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. formaldehyde (noun)
  2. formaldehyde tanning (noun)
  3. aniline-formaldehyde resin (noun)
  4. melamine formaldehyde (noun)
  5. phenol-formaldehyde (noun)
  6. urea-formaldehyde (noun)
  7. urea-formaldehyde resin (noun)

form·al·de·hyde

noun \fȯr-ˈmal-də-ˌhīd, fər-\

Definition of FORMALDEHYDE

: a colorless pungent irritating gas CH2O used chiefly in aqueous solution as a disinfectant and preservative and in chemical synthesis
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Origin of FORMALDEHYDE

International Scientific Vocabulary form- + aldehyde
First Known Use: 1872

Rhymes with FORMALDEHYDE

by the wayside, dissatisfied, fit to be tied, infanticide, initial side, insecticide, interallied, preoccupied, rodenticide, self-satisfied, terminal side, thalidomide, Trinitytide, tyrannicide, uxoricide

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