English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

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Successively (adv.)

In a successive manner.

Successiveness (n.)

The quality or state of being successive.

Successless (a.)

Having no success.

Successor (n.)

One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king.

Succi (pl. )

of Succus

Succiduous (a.)

Ready to fall; falling.

Succiferous (a.)

Producing or conveying sap.

Succinamate (n.)

A salt of succinamic acid.

Succinamic (a.)

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of succinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts.

Succinate (n.)

A salt of succinic acid.

Succinct (a.)

Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

Succinct (a.)

Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.

Succinic (a.)

Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C/H/.(CO/H)/, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.

Succinimide (n.)

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.

Succinite (n.)

Amber.

Succinite (n.)

A garnet of an amber color.

Succinous (a.)

Succinic.

Succinurate (n.)

A salt of succinuric acid.

Succinuric (a.)

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts.

Succinyl (n.)

A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives.