thioacetamide
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An organosulfur compound with chemical formula C₂H₅NS, a white crystalline solid that is soluble in water and serves as a source of hydrogen sulfide in the synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
From thio- + acetamide.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: thio
Usage
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
acetothioamide
ethanethioamide
thioacetimidic acid