Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cyanide"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cyanide \Cy"a*nide\ (s?"?-n?d or -n?d; 104), n. [Cf. F. cyanide.
See {Cyanic}.] (Chem.)
A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or
radical.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cyanide
n 1: any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano
radical -CN [syn: {nitrile}, {nitril}]
2: an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid
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