| CYANOACRYLATE | • cyanoacrylate n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of esters of cyanoacrylic acid that are used as instant adhesives. • CYANOACRYLATE n. any of several liquid acrylate monomers that readily polymerize as anions and are used as adhesives in industry and in closing wounds in surgery. |
| CYANOBACTERIA | • cyanobacteria n. Plural of cyanobacterium. • Cyanobacteria prop.n. The only photosynthetic prokaryotes able to produce oxygen. • CYANOBACTERIUM n. a blue-green alga. |
| CYANOETHYLATE | • cyanoethylate v. (Chemistry, transitive) To subject to cyanoethylation. • CYANOETHYLATE v. to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into. |
| CYANOGENAMIDE | • CYANOGENAMIDE n. the amide of cyanogen, a white crystalline substance, also CYANAMID, CYANAMIDE. |
| FERRICYANIDES | • ferricyanides n. Plural of ferricyanide. • FERRICYANIDE n. a salt of hydroferricyanic acid. |
| FERRICYANOGEN | • ferricyanogen n. (Chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state. • FERRICYANOGEN n. the trivalent radical of the ferricyanides. |
| FERROCYANIDES | • ferrocyanides n. Plural of ferrocyanide. • FERROCYANIDE n. a salt of hydroferrocyanic acid. |
| FERROCYANOGEN | • ferrocyanogen n. (Chemistry) The tetravalent radical Fe(CN)6. • FERROCYANOGEN n. the quadrivalent radical of the ferricyanides. |
| PARACYANOGENS | • PARACYANOGEN n. a polymer of cyanogen. |
| PHTHALOCYANIN | • phthalocyanin n. Alternative form of phthalocyanine. • PHTHALOCYANIN n. any of a group of green and blue organic colouring matters of great fastness and brilliance, also PHTHALOCYANINE. |
| PLASTOCYANINS | • plastocyanins n. Plural of plastocyanin. • PLASTOCYANIN n. a copper-containing protein that acts as an intermediary in photosynthetic electron transport. |
| PLATINOCYANIC | • PLATINOCYANIC adj. as in platinocyanic acid. |
| VINYLCYANIDES | • VINYLCYANIDE n. another name for acrylonitrile, a compound used in making synthetic fibres. |