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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ester \Es"ter\, n. [A word invented by L. Gmelin, a German chemist.] (Chem.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ester n 1: formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "ester": animal oil, cerate, drying oil, essential oil, fat, fatty oil, fixed oil, glycerin, glycerin jelly, glycerogel, glycerogelatin, glycerol, glycerole, grease, hydrogenated fat, lipid, margarin, mineral oil, oil, olein, oleum, palmitin, polyunsaturated fat, sebum, stearin, tallow, triolein, tripalmitin, tristearin, unsaturated fat, vegetable oil, volatile oil
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Ester, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska Population (2000): 1680 Housing Units (2000): 814 Land area (2000): 64.628190 sq. miles (167.386237 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.051043 sq. miles (0.132201 sq. km) Total area (2000): 64.679233 sq. miles (167.518438 sq. km) FIPS code: 23460 Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02 Location: 64.855700 N, 147.978434 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Ester, AK Ester