cyanamide Hear it!

cyanamide definition

cy·ana·mide (sī an′ə mīd′, -mid′; sī′ə nam′īd′, -id′)

noun

  1. a caustic, white, crystalline compound, HN·CN, usually prepared by the reaction of carbon dioxide with calcium cyanamide in water and used to make other chemicals, as thiourea
    also cyanamid cy·an′a·mid (-mid, -id)
  2. calcium cyanamide

Etymology: cyan- + amide

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.