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cryptophanes

cryptophanes is the plural of cryptophane.

Meaning of cryptophane

Noun

cryptophane (plural cryptophanes)

  1. Any of a class of large, cage-like compounds that can encapsulate smaller molecules

Questions about cryptophanes

What is cryptophanes the plural of?
Cryptophanes is the plural of cryptophane.

Words near cryptophanes in the dictionary

  1. cryptoperthites
  2. cryptoperthitic
  3. cryptophagid
  4. cryptophagids
  5. cryptophane
  6. cryptophanes
  7. cryptophasia
  8. cryptophasic
  9. cryptophobia
  10. cryptophone
  11. cryptophones

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