Definitions for cyanide

cyanide cy·a·nide

Spelling: [sahy-uh-nahyd, -nid]
IPA: /ˈsaɪ əˌnaɪd, -nɪd/

Cyanide is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in cyanide (acdeiny).

Definitions for cyanide

noun

  1. Also, cyanid, C10/C1079000 sahy-uh-nid, ˈsaɪ ə nɪd. Chemistry. a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN. a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C 2 H 3 N.

verb (used with object)

  1. to treat with a cyanide, as an ore in order to extract gold.

Origin of cyanide

1820-30; cyan-3 + -ide

Examples for cyanide

One theory, for example, was that it was caused by a train wreck in 1970 that spilled a load of cyanide.

The solution is deficient in cyanide, and too large a current is being passed.

Again the milling results were not good, and what it demanded was the cyanide process.

I took my Mauser and also hid in the cuff of my coat my cyanide of potassium.

The most important are carbonate of soda, potash, and cyanide of potassium.

The apple was to disguise the bitter taste of the cyanide and thus ensure that the poison would do its work.

To prevent this we had our weapons and a supply of cyanide of potassium.

Two years later, at the age of 41, the war hero ended his own life with cyanide.

"Give that devil some cyanide of potassium," urged my companions.

His body reacted and fought for a minute or so, then the cyanide took control.

Word Value for cyanide
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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