AMINES Synonyms

• the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion

• a molecule containing one amine group (especially one that is a neurotransmitter)

• a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site

• Of an object that exhibits chirality, as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix.

• the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

• being one more than one

• the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet

• a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

• the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

• a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes

• (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter

• the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet

• a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals