Usually means: Chemical group containing oxygen, hydrogen.
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  1. hydroxyl: Merriam-Webster
  2. hydroxyl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hydroxyl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hydroxyl: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hydroxyl: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hydroxyl, hydroxyl: Wordnik
  7. hydroxyl: Wiktionary
  8. hydroxyl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hydroxyl: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hydroxyl: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. hydroxyl: Dictionary.com
  12. Hydroxyl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Hydroxyl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. hydroxyl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. hydroxyl: Rhymezone
  16. Hydroxyl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. hydroxyl: FreeDictionary.org
  18. hydroxyl: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. hydroxyl: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hydroxyl, hydroxyl-: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. hydroxyl: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. hydroxyl: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

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  1. hydroxyl: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hydroxyl)

▸ noun:  (chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.

Similar:
hydroxyl group, Hydroxyl radical, hydroxymethyl, dihydroxyl, hydroperoxyl, hydroxo, halohydrin, alcohol, hydroxilic acid, hydroxymethylene, more...

Opposite:
methyl, ethyl, propyl

Phrases:
hydroxyl groups, hydroxyl group, Hydroxyl radical, hydroxyl ions, hydroxyl radicals, more...

Adjectives:
free, alcoholic, reactive, primary, secondary, terminal, radical, second, tertiary, anomeric, toxic

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Similar:
hydroxyl group, Hydroxyl radical, hydroxymethyl, dihydroxyl, hydroperoxyl, hydroxo, halohydrin, alcohol, hydroxilic acid, hydroxymethylene, more...

Opposite:
methyl, ethyl, propyl

Phrases:
hydroxyl groups, hydroxyl group, Hydroxyl radical, hydroxyl ions, hydroxyl radicals, hydroxyl ion, polynucleotide 5 hydroxyl kinase, Hydroxyl value, more...

Adjectives:
free, alcoholic, reactive, primary, secondary, terminal, radical, second, tertiary, anomeric, toxic

Colors:
    blue,     green,     aqua,     teal,     cyan, more...



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