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cyanide

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cy·a·nide  (s-nd)
n. also cy·a·nid (-nd)
Any of various salts or esters of hydrogen cyanide containing a CN group, especially the extremely poisonous compounds potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide.
tr.v. cy·a·nid·ed, cy·a·nid·ing, cy·a·nides
1. To treat (a metal surface) with cyanide to produce a hard surface.
2. To treat (an ore) with cyanide to extract gold or silver.

cyanide
Noun
any of a number of highly poisonous substances containing a carbon-nitrogen group of atoms

cyanide  (s-nd)
Any of a large group of chemical compounds containing the radical CN, especially the very poisonous salts sodium cyanide and potassium cyanide. Cyanides are used to make plastics and to extract and treat metals.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cyanide - any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
acrylonitrile, propenonitrile, vinyl cyanide - a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene
2.cyanide - an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid
sodium cyanide - a white poisonous salt (NaCN) used in electroplating
potassium cyanide - a poisonous salt (KCN) used in electroplating and in photography
salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Translations
cyanide [ˈsaɪənaɪd] ncianuro

cyanide [ˈsaɪənaɪd] ncyanure m

cyanide [ˈsaɪənaɪd] nZyanid nt

cyanide [ˈsaɪənaɪd] ncianuro

cyanide
n cyanide [ˈsaiənaid]
a deadly type of poison. sianied سيانيد: مِلح الحِمض الأزرَق цианид kyanid cyanid das Zyanid άλας υδροκυανίου cianuro tsüaniid سیانور syanidi cyanure צִיאָנִיד विषैली रासायनिक पदार्थ cijankalij cianid sianida blásÿrusalt cianuro シアン化物 청산가리 cianidas cianīds sianida cyanide blåsyre, cyanid cyjanek cianeto cianură цианид kyanid cianid cijanid cyanid ไซยาไนด์ ยาพิษชนิดหนึ่ง siyanür 氰化物 ціанід سم قاتل، نهايت هى تيز زهر xyanua


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"But I didn't let him get away," he said in triumph when he had dropped the clawing insect into the cyanide bottle where death came painlessly.
Lloyd's discovery of the "death bacillus" of the sea toad, and his experiments on it with potassium cyanide, sent his name and that of his university ringing round the world; nor was Paul a whit behind when he succeeded in producing laboratory colloids exhibiting amoeba-like activities, and when he cast new light upon the processes of fertilization through his startling experiments with simple sodium chlorides and magnesium solutions on low forms of marine life.
It is cyanide of cacodyl, and I have carried that small flask of it about with me for months.
 
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