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carboxide |
carboxyl |
carboxyl group |
carboxylate |
carboxylic |
carboxylic acid
| carboxymethyl cellulose
| carboy
| carbuncle
| carbuncled
| carbuncular
carboxylic acid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun carboxylic acid has 1 sense
- carboxylic acid(n = noun.substance) Array - an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups; Array has particulars: acetic acid, ethanoic acid, adipic acid, hexanedioic acid, mucic acid, octanedioic acid, suberic acid, succinic acid, saccharic acid, decanedioic acid, sebacic acid, sorbic acid, pentanoic acid, valeric acid, fatty acid, benzoic acid, propanoic acid, propionic acid, lactic acid, acrylic acid, propenoic acid
is a kind of acid
CIDE DICTIONARY
carboxylic acid, n.
an organic compound whose acidity is due to the presence of a carboxyl gorup. Monocarboxylic acids (such as acetic acid or butyric acid) have one carboxyl group, dicarboxylic acids (such as oxalic acid or malonic acid) have two, tricarboxylic acids (such as citric acid) have three. [PJC]
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