Definitions for nicotine

nicotine nic·o·tine

Spelling: [nik-uh-teen, -tin, nik-uh-teen]
IPA: /ˈnɪk əˌtin, -tɪn, ˌnɪk əˈtin/

Nicotine is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in nicotine (ceiinnot).

Definitions for nicotine

noun

  1. a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.

Origin of nicotine

From French, dating back to 1810-20; See origin at nicotiana, -ine2

Examples for nicotine

Though I had made application of the nicotine, I had but little faith in it.

The amount of nicotine does not appear to depend on the amount of curing.

Then there is the nicotine: a stimulant that for the addict also has the added effect of calming the nerves.

Ground glass is put in food to cause internal bleeding, and nicotine concentrated by boiling can cause a heart attack.

Even after recovering from the initial sickness, patients can be left in nicotine withdrawal that lasts for days.

His teeth are yellow with nicotine, and his lips cracked and stained with tobacco.

nicotine stain on right forefinger, extending to middle of second phalanx.

His fingers were stained with nicotine, and his teeth yellow from it.

E-cigarette users, who call themselves “vapers,” see them as a relatively harmless way to get a nicotine fix.

A man named Herbert Gilbert patented one back in 1963 that heated a nicotine solution and produced steam.

Word Value for nicotine
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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