Word Meanings - OXYCHLORIDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride.

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• TERNARY
  Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound. (more info)
• CHLORINE
  One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound
• OXYGENIZE
  To oxidize.
• OXYGENATOR
  An oxidizer.
• OXYGENIC
  Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, oxygen; producing oxygen.
• COMPOUNDER
  A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a
• COMPOUNDABLE
  That may be compounded.
• COMPOUND CONTROL
  A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.
• OXYGENIUM
  The technical name of oxygen.
• OXYCHLORIDE
  A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride.
• 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.
• PLUMBIC
  Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide.
• OXYGENATE
  To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water .
• COMPOUND
  In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
• OXYGENIZEMENT
  Oxidation.
• DEOXYGENATE
  To deoxidize.
• DISOXYGENATE
  To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.
• DEOXYGENIZE
  To deoxidize.
• HYPEROXYGENATED; HYPEROXYGENIZED
  Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher oxides.
• SUPRADECOMPOUND
  More than decompound; divided many times.
• DEOXYGENATION
  The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.
• DISOXYGENATION
  Deoxidation.