Peroxide

Definitions: Peroxide

Peroxide

Noun

1. A viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used as a disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels.

2. An inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-.

Verb

1. Bleach with peroxide, as of hair.

Date "peroxide" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1909. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Peroxide

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	Chemical compound which contains an atom group with two oxygen atoms tied to each other. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Peroxide

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In common usage, peroxide is an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide, HOOH.

In organic chemistry, peroxide is a specific functional group or a molecule containing that functional group.

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See also: oxygen, ozone, superoxide, catalase, peroxidases

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Peroxide."

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Synonym: Peroxide

Synonym: hydrogen peroxide (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Peroxide

English words defined with "peroxide": barium peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, Bog ore ♦ catalase ♦ Hydrogen dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, Hyper-, Hyperoxide ♦ Metallochrome ♦ Nitric oxide ♦ Per-, Per salt, Perchromic, peroxidase, Peroxidation, peroxide blond, peroxide blonde, Peroxidize, Persulphate ♦ sod, solution, Super-, superoxide dismutase, Suroxidate, Suroxide. (references)

Specialty definitions using "peroxide": Antibiotics, Anthracycline ♦ Benzylamine Oxidase, BLEACH-RANGE OPERATOR ♦ CARROTING, Cholesterol Oxidase, CLEANING MACHINE TENDER, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS, Cytochrome-c Peroxidase ♦ Elsner's equation ♦ Glucose Oxidase ♦ Lipid Peroxidation, Liquid fueled rockets ♦ nitrogen peroxide ♦ peroxide crosslinking, Protein-Lysine 6-Oxidase ♦ Root Canal Irrigants ♦ silver peroxide. (references)

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Modern Usage: Peroxide

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Yah, the peroxide bottle. (42nd Street; writing credit: Bradford Ropes; Rian James) Yeah, the peroxide bottle. (42nd Street; writing credit: Bradford Ropes; Rian James) I'm getting the brush off for Captain Peroxide! It doesn't necessarily bring out the champion in me. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)
Movie/TV Titles	A Substitute for Peroxide (1913)
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Commercial Usage: Peroxide

Domain	Title
References	National Peroxide Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) The World Market for Magnesium Hydroxide, Magnesium Peroxide, and Oxides, Hydroxides, and Peroxides of Stronium or Barium: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Peroxide Chemistry : Mechanistic and Preparative Aspects of Oxygen Transfer. Research Report (reference) Synthetic Reagents: Chloramine-T, Hydrogen Peroxide, Polyphosphoric Acid (Ellis Horwood Series in Chemical Science) (reference) Catalytic Oxidations With Hydrogen Peroxide As Oxidant (Catalysis by Metal Complexes, Vol 9) (reference) Chinese Markets for Hydrogen Peroxide [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Hydrogen Peroxide & Ozone (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Peroxide

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Many scientists believe that superoxides (oxygen molecules with an extra electron) can escape from the normal antioxidant defenses of the CNS and combine with hydrogen peroxide, also normally present, to form hydroxyl radicals (oxygen-hydrogen with an extra electron). (references)
Business		Eka Chemicals (owned by Akzo Nobel) is the only remaining large producer of chlorine for retail sale. In the pulp bleaching process, chlorine has been completely replaced by oxygen, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, and ozone applied in special sequences. (references)
Political Economy	MEXICO	Products subject to these duties are listed in the March 2, 2001, edition of the Diario Oficial (Mexico's equivalent of the Federal Register) and include pork, beef, apples, High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), liquid soda, hydrogen peroxide, ammoniac sulphate, gasoline additives, cristal polysterene, polycloride (PVC), bonded paper, corrugated rods, and unfinished steel tubes. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Peroxide

"Peroxide" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peroxide" is used about 141 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	141	26,682

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Peroxide

Country	Name
India	National Peroxide Limited
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Peroxide

Expressions using "peroxide": barium peroxide ♦ Benzoyl Peroxide ♦ hydrogen peroxide ♦ Manganese dioxide or peroxide ♦ Manganese peroxide ♦ nitrogen peroxide ♦ peroxide blond ♦ peroxide blonde ♦ peroxide crosslinking ♦ peroxide of hydrogen ♦ silver peroxide. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "peroxide": peroxide-bleaching, peroxide-treated.
	Ending with "peroxide": non-peroxide.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Peroxide

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
hydrogen peroxide	578	bleaching hair hydrogen peroxide	10
benzoyl peroxide	143	acetone peroxide	9
peroxide	129	organic peroxide	9
hydrogen peroxide use	67	hydrogen peroxide acne	9
carbamide peroxide	60	decomposition hydrogen peroxide	7
food grade hydrogen peroxide	47	dye hair peroxide	7
hydrogen peroxide therapy	43	sodium peroxide	6
hair peroxide	24	hydrogen peroxide plant	6
hydrogen peroxide producer	18	vaporized hydrogen peroxide	6
bleach hair peroxide	18	calcium peroxide	6
bleaching hair peroxide	17	hydrogen peroxide tooth	6
peroxide use	15	carbamide peroxide 22	5
hair hydrogen peroxide	14	acne benzoyl peroxide	5
hydrogen peroxide bleach hair how to	14	benzoil peroxide	5
hydrogen msds peroxide	14	carbomide peroxide	5
35 food grade hydrogen peroxide	14	household hydrogen peroxide use	5
benzoyl peroxide pregnancy	13	food grade peroxide	5
hydrogen peroxide rocket	12	peroxide value	5
35 hydrogen peroxide	12	ear hydrogen in peroxide	5
magnesium peroxide	12	hydrogen medical peroxide use	5
		benzoyl peroxide gel	5
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Modern Translations: Peroxide

Language		Translations for "peroxide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		peroksid, zbardh flokët me ujë të oksigjenuar, ujë i oksigjenuar. (various references)

Arabic		‏حول الي اكسيد فوقي, ‏عالج بالبروكسيد, ‏بروكسيد أكسيد الاوكسجين. (various references)

Bulgarian		прекис, изрусявам си косата. (various references)

Chinese		过氧化物. (various references)

Czech		peroxid, kyslièník (oxide). (various references)

Danish		peroxid (silver peroxide), soelvperoxid (silver peroxide). (various references)

Dutch		peroxide (silver peroxide), zilverperoxyde (silver peroxide), zilverperoxide (silver peroxide), AgO (silver peroxide). (various references)

Finnish		vetysuperoksidi (hydrogen peroxide), vetyperoksidi (hydrogen peroxide). (various references)

French		peroxyde (silver peroxide). (various references)

German		Peroxid (silver peroxide). (various references)

Greek		υπεροξείδιο. (various references)

Hebrew		מי חמצן (hydrogen peroxide). (various references)

Hungarian		peroxid. (various references)

Italian		perossido (silver peroxide). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		過酸化物 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かさ�"かぶつ. (various references)

Korean		과산�"물. (various references)

Manx		sarocseed. (various references)

Pig Latin		eroxidepay

Portuguese		peróxido (perpendicular, silver peroxide), discurso (address, discourse, oration, reasoning, speech, valedictory, word). (various references)

Romanian		peroxid, apã oxigenatã. (various references)

Russian		перекись. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		peroksid. (various references)

Spanish		peróxido (peroxid, silver peroxide). (various references)

Swedish		peroxid (silver peroxide). (various references)

Thai		ของเหลวไม่คงที่ ใช้เป็นยาฟอกสีและยาฆ่าเชื้อโรค (hydrogen peroxide). (various references)

Turkish		peroksit, oksijenli su (hydrogen peroxide). (various references)

Ukranian		перекис водню, перекис. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Peroxide

Derivations
	Words beginning with "peroxide": peroxided, peroxides. (additional references)
	Words ending with "peroxide": endoperoxide, hydroperoxide, superoxide. (additional references)
	Words containing "peroxide": endoperoxides, hydroperoxides, superoxides. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Peroxide" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: peloidal, peroxided, peroxiding, peroxine. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Peroxide"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "peroxide" (pronounced perÄ"ksī'd)
7	p er Ä" k s ī' d	superoxide.
5	-Ä" k s ī' d	dioxide, dockside, oxide.
4	-k s ī' d	backside, lakeside.
3	-s ī' d	bedside, blindside, broadside, countryside, curbside, downside, fireside, fratricide, fungicide, genocide, germicide, glucoside, glycoside, graveside, harborside, herbicide, hillside, homicide, infanticide, insecticide, Ironside, mountainside, pesticide, poolside, prophesied, ringside, riverside, roadside, seaside, silverside, suicide, underside, wayside.
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Anagrams: Peroxide

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-o-p-r-x"
	-1 letter: epoxide, epoxied, expired, peroxid.
	-2 letters: dopier, expire, oreide, perdie, period.
	-3 letters: dexie, doper, doxie, eider, epode, erode, oxide, pedro, pored, poxed, preed, pride, pried, redip, redox, riped, roped.
	-4 letters: deep, deer, dere, dire, doer, dope, dore, dorp, dree, drip, drop, eide, expo, ired, oped, oxid, peed, peer, peri, pied, pier, pore, pree, prex, prod.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-o-p-r-x"
	+1 letter: expeditor, peroxided, peroxides.
	+2 letters: expeditors, peroxidase, superoxide.
	+3 letters: peroxidases, superoxides.
	+4 letters: endoperoxide, expropriated, extemporised, extemporized.
	+5 letters: endoperoxides, expeditionary, hydroperoxide, overexpanding, overexplained, overexploited, underexposing.
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