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oxide

79 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. oxide (noun)
  2. aluminum oxide (noun)
  3. antimonious oxide (noun)
  4. antimony oxide (noun)
  5. arsenic oxide (noun)
  6. arsenious anhydride (noun)
  7. barium oxide (noun)
  8. beryllium oxide (noun)
  9. bismuth oxide (noun)
  10. boric oxide (noun)
  11. brown oxide (noun)
  12. cacodyl oxide (noun)
  13. calcium oxide (noun)
  14. carbonic oxide (noun)
  15. carbon oxide (noun)
  16. ceric oxide (noun)
  17. cerium oxide (noun)
  18. chromic oxide (noun)
  19. chromium oxide (noun)
  20. cobalt oxide (noun)
  21. copper oxide (noun)
  22. cupric oxide (noun)
  23. cuprous oxide (noun)
  24. deuterium oxide (noun)
  25. diazo oxide (noun)
  26. diphenyl oxide (noun)
  27. ethylene oxide (noun)
  28. ferric oxide (noun)
  29. ferrosoferric oxide (noun)
  30. ferrous oxide (noun)

ox·ide

noun \ˈäk-ˌsīd\

Definition of OXIDE

: a binary compound of oxygen with a more electropositive element or group
— ox·id·ic \äk-ˈsi-dik\ adjective
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Origin of OXIDE

French oxide, oxyde, from ox- (from oxygène oxygen) + -ide (from acide acid)
First Known Use: 1790

Other Chemical Engineering Terms

alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, slurry, solute, viscous

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