valer(ian)ic acid

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• valeric acid — va•ler′ic ac′id [[t]vəˈlɛr ɪk, ˈlɪər [/t]] n. chem. any of several isomeric organic acids having the formula C5H10O2, the common one being a liquid of pungent odor obtained from valerian roots: used chiefly as an intermediate in perfumery •… …   From formal English to slang

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium