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kyanize

kyanize verb: to preserve wood from decay by soaking it in a solution of mercuric chloride.

Verb

kyanize (third-person singular simple present kyanizes, present participle kyanizing, simple past and past participle kyanized)

  1. To preserve wood from decay by soaking it in a solution of mercuric chloride

Forms of kyanize

third-person singular presentkyanizes
present participlekyanizing
past participlekyanized
pastkyanized

Origin of kyanize

From Kyan + -ize, after John Howard Kyan, the inventor of the process.

Questions about kyanize

What does kyanize mean?
Kyanize means to preserve wood from decay by soaking it in a solution of mercuric chloride.
What part of speech is kyanize?
Kyanize is a verb.
What is the past tense of kyanize?
The past tense of kyanize is kyanized.

Words near kyanize in the dictionary

  1. kyanising
  2. kyanite
  3. kyanites
  4. kyanitic
  5. kyanization
  6. kyanize
  7. kyanized
  8. kyanizes
  9. kyanizing
  10. Kyanna
  11. kyanol

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