azo

azo has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• A combining form of azote
• Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
• Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See Diazo-.
• a.. relating to or containing the azo radical