Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glycoluril

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gly-coluril
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nitrogenous substance, (HC)₂(HNC(O)NH)₂, obtained by reduction of allantoin. It has many uses.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From glycol and uric.

Usage

Inflected Forms

glycolurils (plural)

Questions

What does glycoluril mean?: A nitrogenous substance, (HC)₂(HNC(O)NH)₂, obtained by reduction of allantoin. It has many uses.
Where does glycoluril come from?: From glycol and uric.

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