Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydrocyanic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: hy-dro-cyan-ic acid
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a solution of hydrogen cyanide, HCN, in water; a weak poisonous acid, used as a fumigant

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

hydrocyanic acids (plural)

Phrases

Zyklon B

Frequently Paired Words

Zyklon B

Synonyms

prussic acid

Questions

What does hydrocyanic acid mean?: a solution of hydrogen cyanide, HCN, in water; a weak poisonous acid, used as a fumigant

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