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  • English Word Oxidizer Definition An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.
  • English Word Oxidizing Definition of Oxidize
  • English Word Oxidulated Definition Existing in the state of a protoxide; -- said of an oxide.
  • English Word Oxime Definition One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones.
  • English Word Oxindol Definition A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C8H7NO) of the indol group, obtained by the reduction of dioxindol. It is a so-called lactam compound.
  • English Word Oxiodic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of iodine and oxygen.
  • English Word Oxlike Definition Characteristic of, or like, an ox.
  • English Word Oxlip Definition The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).
  • English Word Oxonate Definition A salt of oxonic acid.
  • English Word Oxonian Definition Of or relating to the city or the university of Oxford, England.
  • English Word Oxonian Definition A student or graduate of Oxford University, in England.
  • English Word Oxonic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid (C4H5N3O4) not known in the free state, but obtained, in combination with its salts, by a slow oxidation of uric acid, to which it is related.
  • English Word Oxpecker Definition An African bird of the genus Buphaga; the beefeater.
  • English Word Oxshoe Definition A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof.
  • English Word Oxter Definition The armpit; also, the arm.
  • English Word Oxtongue Definition A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs.
  • English Word Oxy- Definition A prefix, also used adjectively
  • English Word Oxy- Definition A compound containing oxygen.
  • English Word Oxy- Definition A compound containing the hydroxyl group, more properly designated by hydroxy-. See Hydroxy-.
  • English Word Oxyacetic Definition Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid.
  • English Word Oxyacid Definition 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-.
  • English Word Oxyammonia Definition Same as Hydroxylamine.
  • English Word Oxybenzene Definition Hydroxy benzene. Same as Phenol.
  • English Word Oxybenzoic Definition Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.
  • English Word Oxybromic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of oxygen and bromine.
  • English Word Oxybutyric Definition Hydroxybutyric; designating any one of a group of metameric acids (C3H6.OH.CO2H).
  • English Word Oxycalcium Definition Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as, the oxycalcium light. See Drummond light.
  • English Word Oxycaproic Definition See Leucic.
  • English Word Oxychloric Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain compounds containing oxygen and chlorine.
  • English Word Oxychloric Definition Formerly designating an acid now called perchloric acid. See Perchloric.