Definitions for pesticides

pesticides pes·ti·cide

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

Pesticides is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 366 anagrams from letters in pesticides (cdeeiipsst).

Definitions for pesticides

noun

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

Origin of pesticides

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

Examples for pesticides

Experts attribute this change to a decrease in pesticide access.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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