Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 14 compound words that contain cyanide. The most common are listed below. Open cyanide in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- hydrogen cyanideA colourless, very poisonous, volatile liquid, HCN, used in the production of dyes, plastics and fumigants; it dissolves in water to form hydrocyanic acid and reacts with bases to form cyanides, and with some organic compounds to form …
- potassium cyanideThe potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid, KCN; the colourless crystals are soluble in water, and it is extremely poisonous, and is used in electroplating, the extraction of gold and silver from their ores, and in photography.
- sodium cyanideThe sodium salt of hydrocyanic acid, NaCN.
- vinyl cyanideThe compound acrylonitrile.
- benzyl cyanideAn organic compound with the formula C₆H₅CH₂CN.
- cyanide fishingThe collection of live fish, generally for an aquarium, by spraying a sodium cyanide mixture into the water in order to incapacitate the fish.
- cyanide processA method of extracting gold and silver from their ores with a solution of sodium cyanide.
- methyl cyanideacetonitrile.
- silver cyanideThe chemical compound with the formula AgCN; a white salt that is precipitated upon treatment of solutions containing Ag+ with cyanide, which is used in some schemes to recover silver from solution.
- potassium silver cyanideSynonym of potassium dicyanoargentate: An inorganic compound with the formula KAg(CN)₂.
- bromobenzyl cyanideA lachrymatory agent (i.e., tear gas) introduced in World War I.
- cyanide processesplural of cyanide process: A method of extracting gold and silver from their ores with a solution of sodium cyanide.
- carbonyl cyanideThe nitrile CO(C≡N)₂ that reacts explosively with water to form hydrogen cyanide and carbon dioxide
Compound words 14
- cyanidelikeResembling or characteristic of cyanide.
- cyanidolSynonym of catechol: The biologically important diphenol ortho-dihydroxy benzene; isomeric with hydroquinone and resorcinol.
- hydrocyanideA compound of hydrocyanic acid with a base, distinguished from cyanide, in which only the cyanogen so combines.
- protocyanideAny of a series of cyanides of a particular metal that has the fewest cyanide groups per molecule
- selenocyanideAny compound that is a mixed selenide and cyanide
- thiocyanidethiocyanate
- bicyanidedicyanide
- ferricyanideAny of various salts containing the trivalent anion Fe(CN)₆³⁻; used in making blue pigments.
- isocyanideThe isomer HN⁺C⁻ of hydrocyanic acid HCN.
- ferrocyanideThe complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments