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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. Note: In the chemical nomenclature adopted by Guyton de Morveau, Lavoisier,and their associates, the

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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. Note: In the chemical nomenclature adopted by Guyton de Morveau, Lavoisier,and their associates, the term oxides was made to include all compounds of oxygen which had no acid properties, as contrasted with the acid, all of which were at that time supposed to contain oxygen. The orthography oxyde, oxyd, etc., was afterwards introduced in ignorance or disregard of the true etymology, but these forms are now obsolete in English. The spelling oxid is not common. (more info) French word was correctly spelt oxide, till about the year 1840, when, in ignorance or forgetfulness of the true history and composition of the word, the orthography was change to make it represent the u of Gr. 'oxy`s, from which it was supposed to be

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• ETHYLIN
  Any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin.
• CHEMICAL
  A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent.
• OXYGENIZE
  To oxidize.
• OXYGENATOR
  An oxidizer.
• OXYGENIC
  Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, oxygen; producing oxygen.
• COMPOUNDER
  A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a
• BINARY
  Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two . Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying
• COMPOUNDABLE
  That may be compounded.
• ETHYLIDENE
  An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, C2H4 metameric with ethylene but written thus, CH3.CH to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, CH2.CH2. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also ethidene.
• ADOPT
  1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc. ; esp. to take voluntarily to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. 2. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve;
• COMPOUND CONTROL
  A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.
• RADICALNESS
  Quality or state of being radical.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• ETHYLSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid. Ethylsulphuric acid , an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4, produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process
• ETHYLAMINE
  A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane.
• OXYGENIUM
  The technical name of oxygen.
• NITROGENOUS
  of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds. Nitrogenous foods. See 2d Note under Food, n., 1.
• RADICAL
  One who advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class inequalities; -- opposed to conservative. In politics they were, to use phrase of their own time. "Root-and-Branch men,"
• ETHYL
  A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ether. Ethyl aldehyde. See Aldehyde.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• DEOXYGENATE
  To deoxidize.
• SPORADICAL
  Sporadic.
• IATROCHEMICAL
  Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.
• EQUIRADICAL
  Equally radical. Coleridge.
• DISOXYGENATE
  To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.
• METHYLENE
  A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly called also methene. Methylene blue , an artificial dyestuff
• TRIMETHYLENE
  A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.
• METHYLATED
  Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit; as, methylated spirits.
• DIETHYLAMINE
  A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH 2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine.