Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry the bivalent R-O-R functional group found in ethers
Examples
“Oxymoron comes from two words in Greek: oxy, meaning sharp, and moros, meaning dull.”
“The rubber material is made of something they call oxy-B1 vinyl.”
“The body known as oxy-cellulose [A] is formed by the action of nitric acid upon cellulose when boiled with it.”
“He found that a ball of lime with a flame of oxygen and hydrogen playing round it (such as we use in magic lanterns and call oxy - hydrogen light) becomes so violently hot that it gives the most brilliant artificial light we can get - such that you cannot put your eye near it without injury.”
“The plant will test what is known as oxy-combustion _ a process where pure oxygen, rather than air, is used to burn fuels such as coal.”
“The plant will test what is known as oxy-combustion - a process where pure oxygen, rather than air, is used to burn fuels such as coal.”
“The Meredosia plant will test what is known as oxy-combustion - a process where pure oxygen, rather than air, is used to burn fuels such as coal.”
“One other technology, called oxy-fuel, can be deployed during the actual combustion process.”
“I still stand by my beliefs on weed laws, but the oxy is a different story.”
“In fact he would probably argue that I should drop the "oxy" and move directly into the "moron" category.”
The Huffington Post: The Baietto Brothers: Healthy Weight Loss: An Oxymoron?
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3-letter Scrabble Words
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prefix (regular, compound, hyphenate)
cool prefixes to add to anything (noun, verb, adjective) to create a word, compound word or 2 word phrase.
examples: hyper = hypercharge ; phantom = phantom charge.
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ulyssean
... as in "by James Joyce"
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"X" Words
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axe, box, cox, dex, fax, fix, fox, gox, hex, kex, lax, lex and 77 more...
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