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hydroxylic

hydroxylic adjective: of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups.

Adjective

hydroxylic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups

Origin of hydroxylic

From hydroxyl + -ic.

Words formed from hydroxylic

Questions about hydroxylic

What does hydroxylic mean?
Hydroxylic means of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups.
What part of speech is hydroxylic?
Hydroxylic is an adjective.

Words near hydroxylic in the dictionary

  1. hydroxylellestadite
  2. hydroxyleucine
  3. hydroxyleucines
  4. hydroxylherderite
  5. hydroxylian
  6. hydroxylic
  7. hydroxylic acid
  8. hydroxylipid
  9. hydroxylipids
  10. hydroxylphenyl
  11. hydroxyls

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