English words starting with carbo - page 2

Meanings of Carbonizing:

verb

Convert or be converted into carbon or charcoal, typically by heating or burning or during fossilization.

Usage examples:

The process occurs when trees are carbonized by intensely hot forest fires

Meanings of Carbonometer:

noun

An instrument for detecting or measuring (excess) carbon dioxide in air.

Meanings of Carbonous:

adjective

Of the nature of or resembling coal or charcoal.

Meanings of Carbons:

noun

A chemical element that is contained in all animals and plants, and that is an important part of other substances such as coal and oil, and exists in its pure form as diamonds and graphite

Meanings of Carbonyl:

noun

Of or denoting the divalent radical =c=o, present in such organic compounds as aldehydes, ketones, amides, and esters, and in organic acids as part of the carboxyl group.

Usage examples:

Carbonyl compounds

Meanings of Carbonylation:

noun

The introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound.

Meanings of Carbonyls:

noun

Of or denoting the divalent radical =c=o, present in such organic compounds as aldehydes, ketones, amides, and esters, and in organic acids as part of the carboxyl group.

Usage examples:

Carbonyl compounds

Meanings of Carborundum:

noun

A very hard black solid consisting of silicon carbide, used as an abrasive.

Usage examples:

A compound known as silicon carbide, also known as carborundum, is one of the hardest substances kn…

Meanings of Carbostyril:

noun

A crystalline compound produced by the oxidation of quinoline; any of the substituted derivatives of this compound, some of which have pharmacological activity.

Meanings of Carboxy:

noun

Of or denoting the acid radical —cooh, present in most organic acids.

Usage examples:

The carboxyl group

Meanings of Carboxyhemoglobin:

noun

A compound formed in the blood by the binding of carbon monoxide to haemoglobin. it is stable and therefore cannot absorb or transport oxygen.

Usage examples:

What happens is the co combines with the haemoglobin in the blood to form the relatively stable car…

Meanings of Carboxyl:

noun

Of or denoting the acid radical —cooh, present in most organic acids.

Usage examples:

The carboxyl group

Meanings of Carboxylase:

noun

An enzyme which catalyses the addition of a carboxyl group to a specified substrate.

Usage examples:

Chlorophyll contents, as well as concentrations of the carboxylation enzymes rubisco and phosphoeno…

Meanings of Carboxylate:

noun

A salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.

Usage examples:

Alkaline earth metal ions more readily bind ‘hard’ ligands such as phosphates, carboxylates, and hy…

verb

Add a carboxyl group to (a compound).

Usage examples:

Warfarin prevents vitamin k from carboxylating the vitamin k-dependent clotting factors

Meanings of Carboxylated:

adjective

(of a compound) containing an added carboxyl group.

Usage examples:

Carboxylated polysaccharides

verb

Add a carboxyl group to (a compound).

Usage examples:

Warfarin prevents vitamin k from carboxylating the vitamin k-dependent clotting factors

Meanings of Carboxylating:

verb

Add a carboxyl group to (a compound).

Usage examples:

Warfarin prevents vitamin k from carboxylating the vitamin k-dependent clotting factors

noun

A salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.

Usage examples:

Alkaline earth metal ions more readily bind ‘hard’ ligands such as phosphates, carboxylates, and hy…

Meanings of Carboxypeptidase:

noun

Any of a number of enzymes which hydrolyse oligopeptides and polypeptides by removing a terminal amino acid containing a free carboxyl group.

Meanings of Carboy:

noun

A large globular glass bottle with a narrow neck, typically protected by a frame and used for holding acids or other corrosive liquids.

Usage examples:

Stainless steel containers, and glass bottles and carboys (larger containers) are best.

Meanings of Carboys:

noun

A large globular glass bottle with a narrow neck, typically protected by a frame and used for holding acids or other corrosive liquids.

Usage examples:

Stainless steel containers, and glass bottles and carboys (larger containers) are best.