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HYDROXYL

“HYDROXYL” is a valid word.

25 Scrabble points
23 Words with Friends
8 letters

Definition

noun

  1. the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols

< 8-letter words: HYDROXYL

7-letter words 1

  • hydroxybeing or containing a hydroxyl group

5-letter words 3

  • hydro
  • drylyin a dry laconic manner
  • doylya small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl

4-letter words 10

  • holdthe act of grasping
  • lordterms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
  • holya sacred place of pilgrimage
  • dorya small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
  • lorysmall brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
  • oryxlarge African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
  • doxya woman who cohabits with an important man
  • oldy
  • yodhthe 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
  • odyl

3-letter words 11

  • oldpast times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
  • drya reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
  • roda long thin implement made of metal or wood
  • oxy
  • hoya flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
  • dola unit of pain intensity
  • rhothe 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
  • dor
  • loxa bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
  • yod
  • hodan open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder

2-letter words 9

  • doan uproarious party
  • oha midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
  • ora state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
  • yo
  • hoa trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
  • lo
  • oxan adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
  • oy
  • oda doctor's degree in optometry