Definitions for pesticide

pesticide pes·ti·cide

Spelling: [pes-tuh-sahyd]
IPA: /ˈpɛs təˌsaɪd/

Pesticide is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 293 anagrams from letters in pesticide (cdeeiipst).

Definitions for pesticide

noun

  1. a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.

Origin of pesticide

First recorded in 1935-40; pest + -i- + -cide

Examples for pesticide

All through the wooded area, he could see occasional members of the pesticide robots.

But the pesticide that ensures an abundant crop all too often reaps sorrow.

Within minutes, more and more of the pesticide robots were swarming towards and into the clearing.

In many rural Chinese homes, a jar of pesticide—often a variety banned in Western countries—sits in the family outhouse.

Experts attribute this change to a decrease in pesticide access.

The laws and recommendations for pesticide application may have changed since the articles were written.

Two hundred pesticide robots were ranged around the perimeter of the clearing, their weapons facing inward.

Those might include BPA (which is found in many plastics), pesticide residue, and both legal and not-so-legal drugs.

Word Value for pesticide
Scrable

0

Words with friends

16

Similar words for pesticide
Word of the day