hydroxide

hydroxide has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually with basic element or radical; as, calcium hydroxide ethyl hydroxide.
• n.. a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group
• n.. a compound of an oxide with water