Vocabulary : Succinic to Succor

Succinic : 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 : 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 : Amber. ;; A garnet of an amber color.
Succinous : Succinic.
Succinurate : A salt of succinuric acid.

Succinuric : 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 : A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives.
Succise : Appearing as if a part were cut off at the extremity.
Succision : The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off.
Succor : To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city. ;; Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. ;; The person or thing that brings relief.

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