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Hydroxide

A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually with basic element or radical; as, calcium hydroxide ethyl hydroxide.

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Compound 76% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Lime 76% connected

A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.

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Potash 76% connected

The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic…

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Acceptor noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

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Breakdown noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Buffer noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH

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Chemical compound noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Chemical decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Chemical group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Chemical reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the gro…

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Decomposition noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Displacement noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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Displacement reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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Electrolysis noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions

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Foryml noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes

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Group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Monad noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an atom having a valence of one

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Periodic table noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the periodic law

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Radical noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the gro…

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Acid noun · 78% connection

One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetab…

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Alkali noun · 78% connection

any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases inclu…

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Aluminate noun · 78% connection

A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.

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Antozone noun · 78% connection

A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antag…

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Base noun · 78% connection

any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases inclu…

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Dioxide noun · 78% connection

An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in each molecule; binoxide.

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Drummond light unknown · 78% connection

A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…

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Dyad adjective · 78% connection

Having a valence or combining power of two; capable of being substituted for, combined with, or replaced by, two atoms of hydrogen; as…

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Electrolytic cell noun · 78% connection

a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the br…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrate, substance, containing, hydrogen, oxygen.
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Element noun · 78% connection

One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed i…

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Equivalence noun · 78% connection

The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exch…

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Equivalent noun · 78% connection

That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual e…

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