acetamide

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acetamide - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acetamide \Ac`et*am"ide\, n. [Acetyl + amide.] (Chem.)
     A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an
     equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.
     [1913 Webster]

acetamide - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acetamide
      n 1: a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent
           and in the synthesis of organic compounds [syn:
           acetamide, ethanamide]