anhydride

anhydride has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.
• n.. a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water