Word Meanings - OXYACID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; - - contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See Acid, and Hydroxy-.

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• CHLORIC
  Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3. Chloric ether , ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid, under Dutch.
• OXYGENIZE
  To oxidize.
• OXYGENATOR
  An oxidizer.
• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• OXYGENIC
  Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, oxygen; producing oxygen.
• HYDROCHLORIC
  Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric. Hydrochloric acid , hydrogen chloride; a colorless, corrosive gas, HCl, of pungent, suffocating odor. It is made in great quantities in the
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• HYDROXYL
  A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.
• OXYGENIUM
  The technical name of oxygen.
• HYDROXYLAMINE
  A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.
• CONTAINANT
  A container.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• HYDROXY-
  A combining form, also used adjectively, indicating hydroxyl as an ingredient. Hydroxy acid , an organic acid, having (besides the hydroxyl group of the carboxyl radical) an alcoholic hydroxyl group, and thus having the qualities of an alcohol
• CONTAINABLE
  Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
• OXYGENOUS
  Oxygenic.
• OXYGEN
  A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96.
• OXYGENIZABLE
  Oxidizable.
• OXYGENATION
  The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.
• CONTAINER
  One who, or that which, contains.
• CONTRASTIMULANT
  Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. -- n.
• DEOXYGENATE
  To deoxidize.
• PEPSINHYDROCHLORIC
  See PEPTOHYDROCHLORIC
• DISOXYGENATE
  To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.
• DEOXYGENIZE
  To deoxidize.
• PLATINICHLORIC
  Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid consisting of platinic chloride and hydrochloric acid, and obtained as a brownish red crystalline substance, called platinichloric, or chloroplatinic, acid.
• ETHYLSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid. Ethylsulphuric acid , an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4, produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process
• CONTRAST
  To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities. The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. Lyell.
• SELF-CONTAINED
  Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
• EUCHLORIC
  Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric . Davy.