Definitions for peroxide

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peroxide per·ox·ide

Spelling: [puh-rok-sahyd]

IPA: /pəˈrɒk saɪd/

Peroxide is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 187 anagrams from letters in peroxide (deeioprx).

Definitions for peroxide

noun

1. Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.

verb (used with object)

1. to use peroxide as a bleaching agent on (especially the hair).

Origin of peroxide

First recorded in 1795-1805; per- + oxide

Examples for peroxide

Azilian, red archological layer, masses of peroxide of iron.

She had seen a large bottle of peroxide in Mrs. Cole-Mortimer's room.

Chorus girls are inseparable from peroxide, Panhards and Pittsburg.

This may be removed by redistillation with peroxide of manganese.

Covering her peroxide blond bob was a knit cap that sprouted an enormous feather and lace from its frontal lobe.

It is a combination of deutoxide and peroxide, with some baryta.

"She must have spilled the peroxide," he said with a grating laugh.

peroxide of manganese; Braunstein, occurs abundantly in nature.

The lead grid is converted into peroxide of lead and becomes soft.

Those I use are—Chloride of lime, peroxide of hydrogen, and lysol, 2%.