Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peroxyacid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-ox-y-acid
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of peracid (“acid containing an acidic -OOH group”).

Etymology

From peroxy- + acid.

Inflected Forms

peroxyacids (plural)

Synonyms

peracid

Questions

What does peroxyacid mean?: Synonym of peracid (“acid containing an acidic -OOH group”).
Where does peroxyacid come from?: From peroxy- + acid.

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