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  • 21vanillin — Obtained from vanilla and also prepared synthetically; a flavoring agent; used to detect ornithine, sugar alcohol s, phenols, and certain sterols. * * * van·il·lin van əl ən n a crystalline phenolic aldehyde C8H8O3 that is prepared synthetically… …

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  • 22acquired knowledge — obtained knowledge, obtained information, learned …

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  • 23stolen — Obtained by larceny or theft. In a broader sense, obtained by larceny or any manner of conversion or embezzlement. Anno: 45 ALR 836. The word stolen , as used in the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (18 USC § 2312), making it a criminal offense… …

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  • 24agaric acid — Obtained from agaric and responsible for the anhidrotic action of the mushroom; used as an anhidrotic agent …

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  • 25anisole — Obtained from anisic acid; used in perfumery …

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  • 26cinnamic acid — Obtained from cinnamon oil, Peruvian and tolu balsams, or storax. It has been used in lupus as paint and in infectious diseases to promote leukocytosis. SYN: cinnamylic acid, phenylacrylic acid. * * * cinnamic acid n a white crystalline odorless… …

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  • 27heptanal — Obtained from the ricinoleic acid of castor oil by chemical means; used in the manufacture of ethyl oenanthate, a constituent of many artificial essences (flavors). SYN: enanthal, oenanthal …

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  • 28saligenin, saligenol — Obtained by the hydrolysis of salicin; a local anesthetic …

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  • 29veratric acid — Obtained by methylation and subsequent oxidation of protocatechuic acid; present in the seeds of Schoenocaulon officinale (Sabadilla officinarum) …

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  • 30achieved nothing — obtained nothing, came back empty handed …

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