Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acyl

1 sense of acyl

Sense 1
acyl, acyl group -- (any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group")
       => group, radical, chemical group -- ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)