cyanide
Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN− anion.
Other meanings
Sodium or potassium cyanide, used in the extraction of gold and silver or as a poison.
Hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas, a poisonous gas.
A kind of
- organic compound
Kinds of cyanide
- vinyl cyanide
Related words
- aurocyanide
- bicyanide
- cyanidation
- cyanidol
- dicyanide
- hydrocyanide
- isocyanide
- leucocyanide
- platinocyanide
- protocyanide
- selenocyanide
- thiocyanide
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cyanide” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.