cyanide : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cyanide	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cyanide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cyanide n any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN Synonym(s): nitrile, nitril, cyanide an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cyanide \Cy"a*nide\ (s?"?-n?d [or] -n?d; 104), n. [Cf. F. cyanide. See {Cyanic}.] (Chem.) A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical.