oxide - any compound of oxygen with another element or a radicalpentoxide - an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule nitrogen oxide - any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts hydrogen peroxide, peroxide - a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used as a disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight dioxide - an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule monoxide - an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule peroxide - an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O- minium, red lead - a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics silica, silicon dioxide, silicon oxide - a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechartelierite superoxide - a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2- trioxide - an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule |