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carboxylic

/kɑɹbɔkˈsɪlɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
car-boxylic
IPA
/kɑɹbɔkˈsɪlɪk/
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kɑɹbɔkˈsɪlɪk/

Derived Forms

carboxylate dicarboxylic hydrocarboxylic hydroxycarboxylic monocarboxylic noncarboxylic oxocarboxylic polycarboxylic tetracarboxylic thiocarboxylic tricarboxylic

Phrases

carboxylic acid

Synonyms

carboxyl

Rhymes With

acrylic idyllic cyrillic hydrophilic eosinophilic gillick pedophilic billick basophilic bilyk amphophilic jilek

Questions

How do you pronounce carboxylic?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɑɹbɔkˈsɪlɪk/.
What does carboxylic mean?
Of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group.

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