Usually means: Organic compound, carboxylic acid derivative.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. ester: Merriam-Webster
  2. ester: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ester: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ester: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ester: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ester, ester: Wordnik
  7. Ester, ester: Wiktionary
  8. ester: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ester: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ester: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. ester: Dictionary.com
  12. Ester (Castro Daire), Ester (disambiguation), Ester: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Ester: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. ester: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. ester: Rhymezone
  16. Ester: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. ester: FreeDictionary.org
  18. ester: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. ester: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Beer Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ester: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. ester: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. ester: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. ester: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. ESTER: Acronym Finder

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Ester: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  3. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ester: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Beer & Brewing Terminology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ester)

noun:  (organic chemistry) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.
noun:  A female given name from Hebrew, alternative form of Esther

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