Definitions for iodines

iodines i·o·dine

Spelling: [ahy-uh-dahyn, -din; in Chemistry also ahy-
IPA: /ˈaɪ əˌdaɪn, -dɪn; in Chemistry also ˈaɪ əˌdin/

Iodines is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in iodines (deiinos).

Definitions for iodines

noun

  1. a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.

Origin of iodines

1814; French iode (Greek īṓdēs, orig. rust-colored, but by folk etymology taken as í(on) violet + -ōdēs -ode1) + -ine2; i

Examples for iodines

You can tell what foods have starch in them by testing them with iodine.

The iodine will color the leaf dark where the cells contain starch.

Even at the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986, he pointed out, cesium and iodine were the problem.

One of the isotopes of fission products, when fuel melts, is an iodine isotope, and it goes in your body through your thyroid.

Crystals of iodine as opposed to permanganate of potash for antiseptic he discussed.

They said this phenomenon might have caused the level of iodine to rise before the tap water could reach the purifying plant.

At Chernobyl, iodine fell on the grass, cows ate the grass, and people drank the milk.

The doctors had vainly tried every remedy, iodine, blistering, and cauterising.

The iodine plume itself is not the issue, agreed Brenner, but that it falls on the grass and cows eat it.

The preparations of iodine have also been recommended, and they are very serviceable.

Word Value for iodines
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7

Words with friends

8

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