Definitions for prussic

prussic prus·sic

Spelling: [pruhs-ik]
IPA: /ˈprʌs ɪk/

Prussic is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in prussic (ciprssu).

Definitions for prussic

adjective

  1. of or derived from prussic acid.

Origin of prussic

First recorded in 1780-90; See origin at prussic acid

Examples for prussic

She drank the little phial of prussic acid and there she lay.

What a fool he had been not to buy strychnine, prussic acid, or laudanum!

I'm not very exacting, but the way you look at men is just prussic acid to me.

Exposed to oxygen, the pellets gave off prussic acid, blocking the exchange of oxygen in the blood.

The prussic acid may, however, be separated from it, and leave the oil harmless.

You believe in the action of a drug—say, prussic acid—you believe it will kill?

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Nicotin, the alkaloid of tobacco, is as deadly a poison as prussic acid.

The prussic acid had been taken from his father's dispensary.

The vial of prussic acid stood on the same table with the tea.

Word Value for prussic
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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