Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oxamide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ox-am-ide
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

oxamides (plural)

Derived Forms

dithiooxamide

Questions

What does oxamide mean?: A white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.

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