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oxychloric

oxychloric adjective: containing both oxygen and chlorine.

Adjective

oxychloric (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Containing both oxygen and chlorine.

Origin of oxychloric

From oxy- + chloric.

Questions about oxychloric

What does oxychloric mean?
Oxychloric means containing both oxygen and chlorine.
What part of speech is oxychloric?
Oxychloric is an adjective.

Words near oxychloric in the dictionary

  1. oxycephalism
  2. oxycephaly
  3. oxychalcogenide
  4. oxychalcogenides
  5. oxychlordane
  6. oxychloric
  7. oxychloride
  8. oxychlorides
  9. oxychlorination
  10. oxychlorinations
  11. oxychorid

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