Definitions for cyanate

cyanate cy·a·nate

Spelling: [sahy-uh-neyt, -nit]
IPA: /ˈsaɪ əˌneɪt, -nɪt/

Cyanate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in cyanate (aacenty).

Definitions for cyanate

noun

  1. a salt or ester of cyanic acid.

Origin of cyanate

First recorded in 1835-45; cyan(ic acid) + -ate2

Examples for cyanate

By distilling a dry mixture of cyanate of potassa and sulphovinate of potassa in nearly equivalent proportions.

Caustic alkalis hydrolyse it readily to the alkaline chloride and cyanate.

Potash solution converts it into a mixture of potassium cyanide and cyanate.

Word Value for cyanate
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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