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quinaldine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quinal-dine
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oily liquid, α-methylquinoline, derived from coal tar, used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and as a sedative for fish.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

quinaldines (plural) chinaldine (alternative)

Derived Forms

methylquinaldine quinaldinic toluquinaldine

Questions

What does quinaldine mean?
An oily liquid, α-methylquinoline, derived from coal tar, used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and as a sedative for fish.

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