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Dicyanide :: Dicyanide (n.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also bicyanide.

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..

Bicyanide :: Bicyanide (n.) See Dicyanide.

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

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

Cyanotype :: Cyanotype (n.) A photographic picture obtained by the use of a cyanide.

Ferricyanide :: Ferricyanide (n.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base.

Ferriprussiate :: Ferriprussiate (n.) A ferricyanate; a ferricyanide.

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

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..

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

Ferrocyanide :: Ferrocyanide (n.) One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base.

Carbamine :: Carbamine (n.) An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor..

Azo- :: Azo- () Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc..

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

Cyanaurate :: Cyanaurate (n.) See Aurocyanide.

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

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

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

Cyanuret :: Cyanuret (n.) A cyanide.

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