carbaryl
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A white crystalline solid of the carbamate family, a cholinesterase inhibitor used chiefly as an insecticide.
Example Sentences
- "Ecoparasite control, with appropriate concentrations of carbaryl, malathion, or pyrethrin dusts, is permissible if the agent is applied externally to both test and control animals not less than seven days prior to the start of the test."