Word info

oxy

Speech parts

1. oxy - Noun

2. Oxy - Proper noun

Meaning


oxy (uncountable)

(chemistry) The bivalent R-O-R functional group found in ethers.

(informal) Clipping of oxyacetylene, a mixture of oxygen and acetylene used for cutting and welding metals.

(countable, uncountable, slang, pharmacology) Clipping of oxycodone, an opioid similar to heroin.

(informal) Clipping of oxygen. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Oxy

(informal) Occidental College

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Phrases with the word

Examples

A common form is a pair of aromatic benzene rings, with a nonpolar moiety (pentyl, heptyl, octyl, or alkyl oxy group) on one end and polar (nitrile, halogen) on the other. Source: Internet

His recent books include The Book of Lost Places (Dark Regions Press), Dradin, In Love & Other Stories (Oxy Publishing, Greece), and The Early History of Ambergris (Necropolitan Press). Source: Internet

It's time for Oxy to clean up and pay up! Source: Internet

Lisa Wade, an associate professor of sociology at Oxy, says that view is widespread in Oxy's executive offices. Source: Internet

“Sometimes there is a lull where it is hard to get Oxy or something like that,” Strickland says. Source: Internet

Oxygen's name comes from the Greek words oxy genes, meaning "acid-forming". Source: Internet

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