cyanocarbon
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
a class of organic compounds formally derived from hydrocarbons by replacing every hydrogen atom with a cyanide radical; e.g. - tetracyanomethane - C(CN)₄
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos)der. English cyano- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English cyanocarbon From cyano- + carbon.