Word: lactimides
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: lac
ti
mides
Definition: Plural of lactimide. A white crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.
Morphemes:
Affix: lactic
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: That produces lactic acid
Etymology Compounds: Affix: lac
Language: la
Decoded: lac
Meaning: milk
Affix: -ic
Language: en
Decoded: -ic
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. or example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Affix: imide
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a form of amide in which the nitrogen atom is attached to two carbonyl groups - R1CONHCOR2
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).