Definitions for cacodyls

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cacodyls cac·o·dyl

Spelling: [kak-uh-dil]

IPA: /ˈkæk ə dɪl/

Cacodyls is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 222 anagrams from letters in cacodyls (accdlosy).

Definitions for cacodyls

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 cacodyls

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

Examples for cacodyls

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.