Definitions for cacodyl

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cacodyl cac·o·dyl

Spelling: [kak-uh-dil]

IPA: /ˈkæk ə dɪl/

Cacodyl is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in cacodyl (accdloy).

Definitions for cacodyl

noun

1. an oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid compound composed of two cacodyl groups, (CH 3) 2 As−As(CH 3) 2 , that has a vile, garliclike odor and that undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.

adjective

1. containing the cacodyl group.

Origin of cacodyl

1840-50; Greek kakṓd(ēs) ill-smelling (kak(o)- caco- + -ōd- smell + -ēs adj. suffix) + -yl

Examples for cacodyl

Simultaneously with his work on cacodyl, he was studying the composition of the gases given off from blast furnaces.

The dimethyl arsine (or cacodyl) compounds have been most studied.