Crossword clues for monoxide
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monoxide \Mo*nox"ide\, n. [Mon- + oxide.] (Chem.) An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule; as, barium monoxide.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit
WordNet
n. an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule
Wikipedia
A monoxide is any oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule. For example, Potassium oxide (KO), has only one atom of oxygen, and is thus a monoxide. Water (HO) is also a monoxide; see dihydrogen monoxide hoax. A well known monoxide is carbon monoxide (CO); see carbon monoxide poisoning. Most of the members of the Periodic Table form oxides when oxidized. There are two main types of oxides: monoxides and dioxides. Monoxides (generally MO) such as silicon monoxide (SiO) only exist at high temperatures. Among monoxides, CO is neutral, GeO is distinctly acidic, and SnO and PbO are amphoteric.
Category:Oxides
Usage examples of "monoxide".
She turned on the car in the garage and died from the carbon monoxide fumes.
Two days later, the local newspaper reported that my father had died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by automobile exhaust.
The newspaper, in turn, put out a plume of smoke and carbon monoxide as it quietly burned away.
Now they erected a plume of smoke and were an additional source of carbon monoxide gas.
Now standing upright, breathing in nothing but smoke and carbon monoxide, Inga continued to scream in agony and run around the room looking for relief.
She was unaware that carbon monoxide gas had already slowed her reactions.
If I had been feeling morbid, my watch, continuously updated by a weather station on top of Centre Point, could have told me the precise levels of ozone, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide parching my lungs.
Instead, the monoxide fixed him while he was driving somewhere in town.
Apparently the carbon monoxide detector that was causing such a racket was down there somewhere.
The carbon monoxide replaces the oxygen in the bloodstream and starves the brain of the oxygen it needs.
A young doctor, a woman with bright eyes and brand-new Adidas, went out of her way to warn me that pets and small children seem to have less tolerance for carbon monoxide than adults do.
My pulse jumped as I remembered the carbon monoxide poisoning and the maniac who was trying to kill me, and the terror of the footsteps approaching zapped through me like an electrical shock.
Finally I interrupted him and let him know that I wanted a brand spanking new furnace and two new carbon monoxide detectors, one in the basement and one upstairs.
I walked downstairs to the basement and found myself trying to remember what Sam had said about there having been two carbon monoxide detectors in the basement.
I related the explanation of why there were two carbon monoxide detectors in the basement.