Word Meanings - NONOXYGENOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.

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• ABSENCE
  1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12. 2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law."
• OXYGENIZE
  To oxidize.
• OXYGENATOR
  An oxidizer.
• ALKALOID
  An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals. Note: Alcaloids all contain nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen, and many of them also contain oxygen. They include many
• OXYGENIC
  Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, oxygen; producing oxygen.
• WITHOUT-DOOR
  Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
• WITHOUTFORTH
  Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
• OXYGENIUM
  The technical name of oxygen.
• ALKALOID; ALKALOIDAL
  Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.
• CHARACTERIZE
  1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot. 2. To engrave or imprint. Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the
• OXYGENOUS
  Oxygenic.
• WITHOUTEN
  Without. Chaucer.
• 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.
• NONOXYGENOUS
  Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.
• CHARACTERIZATION
  The act or process of characterizing.
• WITHOUT
  1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally. Without were fightings, within were fears. 2 Cor. vii. 5. 2. Outside of the house; out of doors. The people came unto the house without. Chaucer.
• OXYGENATE
  To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water .
• OXYGENIZEMENT
  Oxidation.
• DEOXYGENATE
  To deoxidize.
• DISOXYGENATE
  To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.
• MISCHARACTERIZE
  To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.
• DEOXYGENIZE
  To deoxidize.
• HYPEROXYGENATED; HYPEROXYGENIZED
  Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher oxides.
• DEOXYGENATION
  The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.
• DISOXYGENATION
  Deoxidation.