oxyacid

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun An oxygen-containing acid.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun An acid containing oxygen. Also called oxacid.
• noun This term was formerly used to distinguish an acid containing oxygen from one in which this element is not present, as sulphuric acid, H₂SO₄, from hydrochloric; acid, HCl. In modern organic chemistry the same term is often applied to an acid which contains both a carboxyl and a hydroxyl group, as oxyacetic or glycolic acid, CH₂.HO.COOH. Substances of this kind are perhaps better called hydroxyacids or alcohol acids.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Chem.) An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; -- contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See acid, and hydroxy-.

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• noun chemistry An acid containing oxygen, as opposed to a hydracid.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun any acid that contains oxygen