Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A compound, such as sodium peroxide, Na2O2, that contains a peroxyl group and yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.
- n. Hydrogen peroxide.
- v. To treat with peroxide.
- v. To bleach (hair) with hydrogen peroxide.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry a divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group which yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid
- n. hydrogen peroxide, especially an aqueous solution
- v. transitive to treat (something) with hydrogen peroxide, especially hair in order to bleach it
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of the same element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides. Cf. per-, 2.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
- v. bleach with peroxide
- n. an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
Examples
“To remove stains from crazing you will need to obtain peroxide from a beauty supply store, and cut it with water at 1 part water to 2 parts peroxide (note, these instructions are for peroxide – do not use bleach!”
“Now, hydrogen peroxide is VERY oxidative, so in addition to breaking the law, you are also driving a lot of oxidative reactions.”
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“The fuel, hydrogen peroxide, is contained within a small cartridge.”
“From the Wikibooks page: "Storing acetone peroxide is not recommended, because it quickly sublimes.”
“These two things, the fact of being such a compound, and the fact of being a Kind, constitute the connotation of the name peroxide of iron.”
“Paula’s peroxide is now oozing through her veins and no one in her extra large entourage of hangers-on and losers can stop it.”
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“That is him actually buying the peroxide, which is used in an explosive.”
“Here's the one that caught on tape -- he's the one that was caught on tape buying huge amounts of peroxide, that's him actually buying the peroxide, which is used in an explosive.”
“And it may only be mildly entertaining I trust your opinion in these matters completely but may I just say that the idea of peroxide vamps in leopard skin bikinis seems almost unbearably delightful.”
“And these individuals in Germany were handling hydrogen peroxide, which is very unstable, very, very difficult to manipulate.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘peroxide’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
silicon, silica, shrimp, shelve, shallot, serine, seedling, septic, secretin, seaweed, screening, Scomber and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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hairstyles
bun, bobtail, ponytail, cornrow, odango*, updo, bouffant, plait, braid, bunches, buzzcut, combover and 331 more...
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Next!
salvific, redemptive, salvic, roil, changeling, barrow, burro, sow, swath, haymow, shock, sheaves and 190 more...
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The Color Perple
Words that start with "per."
perhaps, perchance, pervade, persnickety, pervert, persia, person, permeate, percent, perch, percolate, perky and 40 more...
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dakinigrl's Words
wamsutta, weimaraner, labradoodle, pliable, shiny, pony, consternation, plethora, peruse, buffoonery, bastard, absinthe and 64 more...
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Blond
fair, honey, platinum, dishwater, tawny, peroxide, sun-bleached, strawberry, flaxen, ash, towhead, white and 4 more...
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