oxide : Idioms & Phrases

• noun any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum
  alumina; aluminium oxide.
  

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• noun any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum
  alumina; aluminium oxide.
  

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• noun a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
  arsenous anhydride; white arsenic; arsenic; ratsbane; arsenic trioxide.
  

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• noun an oxide of barium; a whitish toxic powder
  barium protoxide; barium monoxide.
  

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• (Chem.), a heavy black powder MnO2, occurring native as the mineral pyrolusite, and valuable as a strong oxidizer; called also familiarly manganese. It colors glass violet, and is used as a decolorizer to remove the green tint of impure glass.

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• noun a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
  calx; quicklime; fluxing lime; unslaked lime; lime; burnt lime; calcined lime.
  

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• (Chem.), a colorless gas, CO, of a light odor, called more correctly carbon monoxide. It is almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming carbon dioxide.

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• noun an oxide of copper
  

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• noun water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors
  heavy water.
  

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• noun a red oxide of iron
  

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• (Chem.), sesquioxide of iron, Fe2O3; hematite. See Hematite.

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• noun white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
  hydrated aluminium oxide; aluminum hydroxide; aluminium hydroxide.
  

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• noun white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
  hydrated aluminium oxide; aluminum hydroxide; aluminium hydroxide.
  

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• noun a compound of an oxide with water
  hydroxide.
  

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• (Chem.), water.

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• a chemical name for water, HO.

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• noun a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium
  periclase; magnesia.
  

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• (Chem.), a volatile liquid having the odor of peppermint, obtained by certain dehydrating agents from acetone; formerly called also dumasin.

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• noun a poisonous red-brown gas (NO)
  

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• a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitric dioxide or peroxide.

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• noun any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts
  

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• noun inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery
  laughing gas.
  

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• . See Laughing gas.

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• noun a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
  silica; silicon dioxide.
  

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• tin oxide, SnO2, produced artificially as a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of white enamels, and, under the name of putty powder, for polishing glass, etc.

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• noun any of several oxides of sulphur
  sulfur oxide.
  

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• noun any of several oxides of sulphur
  sulfur oxide.
  

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• noun a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability
  titanic oxide; titanium dioxide; titania.
  

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• noun a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability
  titanic oxide; titanium dioxide; titania.
  

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• noun oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment
  philosopher's wool; flowers of zinc; philosophers' wool.
  

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• (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; called also flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album, etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal, roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also pompholyx, and tutty.

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• noun a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
  zirconium dioxide; zirconia.
  

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