Carboxide

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carboxide \Car*box"ide\, n. [Carbon + oxide.] (Chem.)
     A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some
     element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.
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     {Potassium carboxide}, a grayish explosive crystalline


        compound, {C6O6K}, obtained by passing carbon monoxide
        over heated potassium.
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