Vocabulary : Phenocryst to Phenolphthalein
Phenocryst : One of the prominent embedded crystals of a porphyry.
Phenogamia : Same as Phaenogamia.
Phenogamian : Alt. of Phenogamous
Phenogamic : Alt. of Phenogamous
Phenogamous : Same as Phaenogamian, Phaenogamic, etc.
Phenol : A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar. ;; Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type.
Phenol phthalein : A white or yellowish white crystalline substance, C20H14O4, formed by condensation of the anhydride of phthalic acid and phenol. Its solution in alkalies is brilliant red, but is decolorized by acids. This reaction, being very delicate, is used as an indicator.
Phenolate : A compound of phenol analogous to a salt.
Phenology : The science of the relations between climate and periodic biological phenomena, as the migrations and breeding of birds, the flowering and fruiting of plants, etc.
Phenolphthalein : Alt. of Phenol phthalein
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