| ANTHOCYANIN | • anthocyanin n. (Botany, organic chemistry) Any of many water-soluble red to violet plant pigments related to the flavonoids… • ANTHOCYANIN n. a glucoside plant pigment, violet in neutral, red in acid, blue in alkaline cell-sap, also ANTHOCYAN. |
| BETACYANINS | • betacyanins n. Plural of betacyanin. • BETACYANIN n. any one of a group of red nitrogenous pigments found in certain plants, such as beetroot. |
| CYANIDATION | • cyanidation n. (Metallurgy) The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process. • CYANIDATION n. the act of cyaniding. |
| CYANOHYDRIN | • cyanohydrin n. (Organic chemistry) Any compound having both a hydroxy and a cyanide functional group, especially one… • CYANOHYDRIN n. any of various compounds containing both cyano and hydroxyl groups. |
| CYANOMETERS | • cyanometers n. Plural of cyanometer. • CYANOMETER n. instrument for measuring blueness of the sky or ocean. |
| CYANOPHYTES | • cyanophytes n. Plural of cyanophyte. • CYANOPHYTE n. a blue-green alga. |
| FERRICYANIC | • ferricyanic adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferricyanide. • FERRICYANIC adj. pertaining to a ferricyanide. |
| FERROCYANIC | • ferrocyanic adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide. • FERROCYANIC adj. pertaining to a ferrocyanide. |
| HAEMOCYANIN | • haemocyanin n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemocyanin. • HAEMOCYANIN n. an oxygen-carrying pigment in arachnids, equivalent to haemoglobin in mammals. |
| HEMOCYANINS | • hemocyanins n. Plural of hemocyanin. • HEMOCYANIN n. a colourless copper-containing respiratory pigment in the circulatory fluid of various arthropods and mollusks, also HAEMOCYANIN. |
| HYDROCYANIC | • hydrocyanic adj. Of or pertaining to hydrocyanic acid or its compounds. • HYDROCYANIC adj. denoting an acid (prussic acid) composed of hydrogen and cyanogen. |
| ISOCYANATES | • isocyanates n. Plural of isocyanate. • ISOCYANATE n. an ester of isomeric cyanic acid used in plastics and adhesives. |
| ISOCYANIDES | • isocyanides n. Plural of isocyanide. • ISOCYANIDE n. a salt or ester of isocyanic acid. |
| PHYCOCYANIN | • phycocyanin n. (Biochemistry) A pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin… • PHYCOCYANIN n. any of various bluish-green protein pigments in the cells of cyanobacteria. |
| THIOCYANATE | • thiocyanate n. (Chemistry) any salt or ester of thiocyanic acid; or the -SCN radical or the SCN-1 anion. • THIOCYANATE n. a salt of thiocyanic acid. |