Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

isothiocyanate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: isoth-io-cyanate
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any salt or ester of the hypothetical isothiocyanic acid; or the -NCS radical or the NCS⁻¹ anion; isomeric with thiocyanate

Inflected Forms

isothiocyanates (plural)

Derived Forms

diisothiocyanate naphthylisothiocyanate phenylisothiocyanate

Phrases

allyl isothiocyanate

Questions

What does isothiocyanate mean?: any salt or ester of the hypothetical isothiocyanic acid; or the -NCS radical or the NCS⁻¹ anion; isomeric with thiocyanate

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