roachicide
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Cockroaches cannot be completely eliminated, and only with constant spraying appropriate roachicides will they be kept under control."
- "In addition to the common insecticides generally used, various special preparations are known which may be found useful against different kinds of insects, such as roachicides, anticides, culicides, larvicides, etc."
- "Inadequate availability of termiticides, rodenticides and roachicides in the ghetto may turn our post bicentennial years into a nightmare."
- "High school locker rooms smell from sweat, mildew, roachicide, and pimple cream."
Etymology
From roach + -icide.
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable