thiocarboxyl
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A functional group, derived from a thiocarboxylic acid, in which either or both oxygen atoms of a carboxyl group are replaced by those of sulfur
Etymology
From thio- + carboxyl.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: thio