- (added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements) indicating a binary compound: sodium chloride
- indicating an organic compound derived from another: acetanilide
- indicating one of a class of compounds or elements: peptide, lanthanide
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-uret,
- a suffix used in chemical terminology, identical in sense with -ide, which has now generally replaced it:carburet(now carbide);
phosphuret (now phosphide).
- Neo-Latin -urētum, -ōrētum, of uncertain origin, originally
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-ide, -id suffix forming nouns
'IDE' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acetanilide
- actinide
- amide
- anhydride
- bromide
- -id
- -ide
- idée fixe
- lactam
- lanthanide
- nucleoside
- nucleotide
- nuclide
- oxide
- toluidine
- uridine
- acetanisidine
- acetic acid amide
- acetylide
- alkoxide
- alkyl halide
- aluminum hydroxide
- aluminum oxide
- ambrettolide
- amic
- amiloride
- ammonium bifluoride
- ammonium hydroxide
- anilide
- anti-idealism
- anti-idealist
- anti-idealistic
- anti-idealistically
- antimonide
- antimony pentoxide
- arabinoside
- arsenic trioxide
- arsenide
- azide
- barium hydroxide
- barium oxide
- barium peroxide
- Barmecide
- bastille
- beau ideal
- bensulide
- benzoyl peroxide
- benzyl fluoride
- betagalactosidase
- big idea