quinolinemethanethiol
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sulfoxymethyl derivative of quinoline that is present in the defensive spray of some skunks
Etymology
Etymology tree English quinine English -oline English quinoline English methane Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English alcohol English -ol English thiol English quinolinemethanethiol From quinoline + methane + thiol.