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Haloid :: Haloid (a.) Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides..

Ferricyanate :: Ferricyanate (n.) A salt of ferricyanic acid; a ferricyanide.

Cyanide :: Cyanide (n.) A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical.

Cyanaurate :: Cyanaurate (n.) See Aurocyanide.

Ferrocyanate :: Ferrocyanate (n.) A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.

Paracyanogen :: Paracyanogen (n.) A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide..

Cyanogen :: Cyanogen (n.) A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric cyanide, etc. It is obtained in combination, forming an alkaline cyanide when nitrogen or a nitrogenous compound is strongly ignited with carbon and soda or potash. It conducts itself like a member of the halogen group of elements, and shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name is also applied to the u

Platinocyanic :: Platinocyanic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid compound of platinous cyanide and hydrocyanic acid. It is obtained as a cinnaber-red crystalline substance..

Ferro- :: Ferro- () A prefix, or combining form, indicating ferrous iron as an ingredient; as, ferrocyanide..

Aurocyanide :: Aurocyanide (n.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate.

Hydrocyanide :: Hydrocyanide (n.) A compound of hydrocyanic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a cyanide, in which only the cyanogen so combines..

Ferrocyanic :: Ferrocyanic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a ferrocyanide..

Titano- :: Titano- () A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc..

Sulphocyanogen :: Sulphocyanide (n.) See Sulphocyanate.

Nitrogen :: Nitrogen (n.) A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncon

Platinocyanide :: Platinocyanide (n.) A double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinocyanic acid.

Ferroprussiate :: Ferroprussiate (n.) A ferrocyanate; a ferocyanide.

Haloxyline :: Haloxyline (n.) An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder..

Ferricyanic :: Ferricyanic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide..

Turnbull''s Blue :: Turnbull's blue () The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian..

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