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Noun(1) any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN(2) an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid

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(1) Pharmacologists said it was possible, though difficult, to extract cyanide from potassium ferrocyanide, a compound found in wine and ink.(2) How are you applying this technique to something which has been so much in the news recently and that is the question of cyanide used for the extraction of gold?(3) This may be true, but chemically the cyanide will adsorb onto a cell membrane increasing the electron donor or antioxidant capacity of the cell.(4) In countries like Indonesia and Vietnam coral reefs are being poisoned with cyanide and stripped of their fish to satisfy this voracious live fish food trade.(5) While he was recovering in hospital, someone somehow poisoned him with cyanide .(6) The committee was also worried that the gold will be extracted using cyanide which would cause irreparable damage to the East Rhodope Mountains.(7) The spectra that are observed indicate that small molecules, such as cyanide , methane, and cyanogen, can assemble in outer space.(8) The case hardening medium is a molten, nitrogen-bearing, fused-salt bath containing either cyanides or cyanates.(9) Both cyanides and nitriles have the general formula RCN with a triple bond between the carbon and nitrogen (R-CN).(10) The few exceptions to this definition are the oxides of carbon, the carbonates, the cyanides (compounds of carbon, nitrogen, and at least one more element), and a few other families of compounds.
Related Words
(1) hydrogen cyanide
(2) sodium cyanide
(3) potassium cyanide
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Noun
1. nitrile


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

Due to a high concentration of cyanide...

Due to a high concentration of CYANIDE...

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 13


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