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Hydrocyanic acid Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix hydro-

Hydrocyanic acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds

2

a solution of hydrogen cyanide, HCN, in water; a weak poisonous acid, used as a fumigant

See Also
fumatorium hydrocyanide zyklon b water potassium cyanide cyanide solution isocyanide
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
acid
Rhyming Words
cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid
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