9-Letter Words Containing: _XY

• change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)

• dehydrogenate with oxygen

• impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

• the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols

• highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers

• the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)

• a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards

• An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.

• relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical

• the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids

• a sudden uncontrollable attack