| Nitriles can be decomposed by acids or alkalis to give the corresponding carboxylic acid or they can be reduced to give primary amines. |
| The lead had severely decomposed during its one hundred year history, and its fragility was exacerbated by poor packing for shipment. |
| It's in this cave and the bodies are pretty well decomposed though some still have hair and what not. |
| Those winged seeds store enough energy to take root in a thick layer of partially decomposed leaves. |
| They also noted that much kaolin is in or near decomposed porphyry bodies that overlie the largest ore shoots in the Leadville Dolomite. |
| The hydride is a complex alloy of rare-earth elements and other metals that may be decomposed and reformed reversibly. |
