Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthoacid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-thoacid
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the member of a series of oxyacids of a particular element that has the highest number of hydroxyl groups

Etymology

From ortho- + acid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ortho

Inflected Forms

orthoacids (plural) ortho acid (alternative)

Questions

What does orthoacid mean?: the member of a series of oxyacids of a particular element that has the highest number of hydroxyl groups
Where does orthoacid come from?: From ortho- + acid.

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