HYDRIDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hydride" is a kind of...):

binary compound (chemical compound composed of only two elements)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydride"):

azoimide; HN; hydrazoic acid; hydrogen azide (a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling)

calcium hydride; hydrolith (a saltlike binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen)

sodium hydride (a flammable grey crystalline binary compound (NaH))

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