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cyanamid

cyanamid is the archaic form of cyanamide.

Meaning of cyanamide

Noun

cyanamide (countable and uncountable, plural cyanamides)

  1. A chemical compound, NH₂CN; a white crystalline solid, soluble in water, having many commercial applications including fertilizer
  2. Any derivative of this compound in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by an alkyl or aryl group

Forms of cyanamid

pluralcyanamids

Questions about cyanamid

What is cyanamid the archaic form of?
Cyanamid is the archaic form of cyanamide.

Words near cyanamid in the dictionary

  1. cyamiids
  2. cyamodontid
  3. cyamodontids
  4. cyan
  5. cyan-
  6. cyanamid
  7. cyanamide
  8. cyanamides
  9. cyanamids
  10. cyanase
  11. cyanases

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