furoic acid
noun
fu·ro·ic acid
(ˈ)fyu̇¦rōik-
: either of two crystalline monocarboxylic acids C4H3OCOOH derived from furan
especially : the alpha or 2-derivative obtained by oxidation of furfural and used chiefly as a preservative
Word History
Etymology
fur- + -ic
- burdensomely
- burdensomeness
- burdensomenesses
- burdie
- burdies
- burdock
- burdock root
- burdocks
- burds
- bure
- bureau
- Bureau print
- bureaucracies
- bureaucracy
- bureaucrat
- bureaucratese
- bureaucrateses
- bureaucratic
- bureaucratically
- bureaucratisation
- bureaucratisations
- bureaucratise
- bureaucratised
- bureaucratises
- bureaucratising