Anhydride

Definition:

• (n.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

Compare anhydride with other words:

anhydride vs. anhydrite

anhydride vs. lactide

anhydride vs. molecule

anhydride vs. water

anhydride vs. formally

anhydride vs. compound