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15 letters · 30 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen)
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English carboxylation English decarboxylation From de- + carboxylation.
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Words from these letters
- carboxylation 27
- carboxylated 27
- carboxylate 25
- excitably 23
- inexorably 22
- carboxyl 22
- inexactly 21
- acetoxyl 20
- oxytocin 20
- oxyacid 20
- endotoxic 19
- extrabold 19