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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Oxyacid

· Ox·y·ac·id · IPA
01 n. An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; -- contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric ac…
  1. 1.
    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-.(Chem.) See: Acid, Hydroxy-