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cryptands

cryptands is the plural of cryptand.

Meaning of cryptand

Noun

cryptand (plural cryptands)

  1. any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms

Questions about cryptands

What is cryptands the plural of?
Cryptands is the plural of cryptand.

Words near cryptands in the dictionary

  1. cryptanalyze
  2. cryptanalyzed
  3. cryptanalyzes
  4. cryptanalyzing
  5. cryptand
  6. cryptands
  7. cryptanoside
  8. cryptarchies
  9. cryptarchy
  10. cryptarithm
  11. cryptarithmetic

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