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Carboxylic acid Very Common

Carboxylic acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups

2

Any of a class of organic compounds containing a carboxyl functional group.

Related Terms
arylate leucinol lycopenoic acid phytanic acid haloacid tetracarboxylic acid arylcarboxylic teracrylic acid thiocarboxylic acid acyl alkanoic acid rosamine penicilloic hexynoic acid orsellinic acid hexacarboxylic acid coumaric acid carboxyarabinitol functional group hydroxy acid
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
acid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
acetic acid hexanedioic acid mucic acid suberic acid succinic acid saccharic acid sebacic acid sorbic acid valeric acid fatty acid benzoic acid propionic acid lactic acid propenoic acid
Rhyming Words
cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid
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