peroxidize
/pɛˈrɒksɪdʌɪz/(also peroxidise) Chemistry
verb
1 [with object] To convert into a peroxide; to cause to combine with the largest possible proportion of oxygen.
2 [no object] To become converted into a peroxide, to undergo peroxidation.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From peroxide + -ize, after oxidize.
- carbonatitic
- carbonator
- carbon bisulphide
- carbon black
- carbon bronze
- carbon capture and storage
- carbon chain
- carbon composite
- carbon-copied
- carbon copy
- carbon credit
- carbon cycle
- Carbondale
- carbon-date
- carbon dating
- carbon debt
- carbon dioxide
- carbon dioxide snow
- carbon disulfide
- carbon disulphide
- carbon emission
- carbon fibre
- carbon fixation
- carbon footprint
- carbon-free