See Also: childless(dictionary)

oyl (iou) and childless (oh)


oyl (iou)



-oyl suffix.
[from -O(IC + -YL.]
Organic Chemistry. Forming names of acid radicals from names of the corresponding carboxylic acids ending in -ic or -oic, as benzoyl, fumaroyl.

childless (oh)



having no children
childless couple/woman/Marriage
::It was a happy but childless Marriage.
::couples who deliberately remain childless
-- childlessness n [U]