(remove oxygen)
71deoxygenate — ► VERB ▪ remove oxygen from. DERIVATIVES deoxygenation noun …
72deoxygenation — deoxygenate ► VERB ▪ remove oxygen from. DERIVATIVES deoxygenation noun …
73deoxidize — [dē äks′ə dīz΄] vt. deoxidized, deoxidizing to remove oxygen from (a compound) …
74deoxidise — verb to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons • Syn: ↑deoxidize, ↑reduce • Ant: ↑oxidize (for: ↑deoxidize), ↑oxidise …
75deoxidize — verb to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons • Syn: ↑deoxidise, ↑reduce • Ant: ↑oxidize, ↑oxidise (for: ↑deoxidise) …
76de|ox´i|diz´er — de|ox|i|dize «dee OK suh dyz», transitive verb, dized, diz|ing. to remove oxygen from; reduce from the oxide state. –de|ox´i|diz´er, noun …
77de|ox|i|dize — «dee OK suh dyz», transitive verb, dized, diz|ing. to remove oxygen from; reduce from the oxide state. –de|ox´i|diz´er, noun …
78re|duce — «rih DOOS, DYOOS», verb, duced, duc|ing. –v.t. 1. to make less; make smaller; decrease: »We have reduced expenses this year. She is trying to reduce her weight. SYNONYM(S): lessen, diminish. 2. to make lower, as in degree or intensity; …
79environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …
80chemical bonding — ▪ chemistry Introduction any of the interactions that account for the association of atoms into molecules, ions, crystals, and other stable species that make up the familiar substances of the everyday world. When atoms approach one another …
