Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydroxyquinoline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-drox-yquino-line
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several isomeric phenols derived from quinoline, but especially quinolin-8-ol which is used as a chelating agent

Etymology

From hydroxy + quinoline.

Inflected Forms

hydroxyquinolines (plural)

Derived Forms

hydroxyquinolate

Questions

What does hydroxyquinoline mean?: Any of several isomeric phenols derived from quinoline, but especially quinolin-8-ol which is used as a chelating agent
Where does hydroxyquinoline come from?: From hydroxy + quinoline.

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