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Peroxide

An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of the same element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides. Cf. Per-, 2.

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Bleach 76% connected

To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

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Oxide 76% connected

A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

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Oxidizer 76% connected

An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong ox…

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Adamant noun · 86% connection

very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

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Arsenic noun · 86% connection

a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer

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Black lead noun · 86% connection

used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors

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Bottled gas noun · 86% connection

hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure

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Calx noun · 86% connection

a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

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Carbon noun · 86% connection

an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in…

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Char noun · 86% connection

a charred substance

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Charcoal noun · 86% connection

a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

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Crock noun · 86% connection

a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

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Diamond noun · 86% connection

very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

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Dioxide noun · 86% connection

an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule

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Formaldehyde noun · 86% connection

a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol

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Graphite noun · 86% connection

used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors

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Lampblack noun · 86% connection

a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

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Lime noun · 86% connection

a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

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Liquefied petroleum gas noun · 86% connection

hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure

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Methanal noun · 86% connection

a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol

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Minium noun · 86% connection

a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics

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-ic unknown · 78% connection

A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively hig…

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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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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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Bismuthic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide.

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Combining weight noun · 78% connection

the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Crocus noun · 78% connection

A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colco…

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Deutoxide noun · 78% connection

A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or les…

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Eq noun · 78% connection

the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Equivalent noun · 78% connection

the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Equivalent weight noun · 78% connection

the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Gadolinia noun · 78% connection

A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides of yttrium, e…

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Glucina noun · 78% connection

A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.

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