- (added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements)
indicating a binary compound: sodium chloride indicating an organic compound derived from another: acetanilide indicating one of a class of compounds or elements: peptide, lanthanide
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- Surveying, Abbreviationsintact dilatation and extraction.
-uret,
- a suffix used in chemical terminology, identical in sense with -ide, which has now generally replaced it:carburet(now carbide);
phosphuret (now phosphide).
- Neo-Latin -urētum, -ōrētum, of uncertain origin, originally
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'IDE' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-id
- -ide
- Barmecide
- acetanilide
- acetanisidine
- acetic acid amide
- acetylide
- actinide
- alkoxide
- alkyl halide
- aluminum hydroxide
- aluminum oxide
- ambrettolide
- amic
- amide
- amiloride
- ammonium bifluoride
- ammonium hydroxide
- anhydride
- anilide
- anti-idealism
- anti-idealist
- anti-idealistic
- anti-idealistically
- antimonide
- antimony pentoxide
- arabinoside
- arsenic trioxide
- arsenide
- azide
- barium hydroxide
- barium oxide
- barium peroxide
- bastille
- beau ideal
- bensulide
- benzoyl peroxide
- benzyl fluoride
- betagalactosidase
- big idea
- black nickel oxide
- boric oxide
- boride
- boron oxide
- bromide
- bromine pentafluoride
- bromism
- brontide
- calcium fluoride
- calcium hydroxide