Silicide is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 142 anagrams from letters in silicide (cdeiiils).
1865-70; silic(on) + -ide
It combines with iron to form a silicide; and is present in this condition in cast iron.
The most important one is carborundum, which is a silicide of carbon of the formula CSi.
Carborundum, or silicide of carbon, is largely superseding emery and diamond dust as an abradant.