": a colorless very pungent poisonous low-boiling liquid compound CNCl obtained by the action of chlorine on hydrocyanic acid or a cyanide and polymerizing on storage to cyanuric chloride":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Separating light from 2I/Borisov into its component parts, his team found a signature of cyanogen , a molecule made of a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom bonded together. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Nov. 2019",
"The probe survived for about 72 minutes on the cold ground, spying rocks of water ice, measuring the atmospheric density and temperature, and detecting organic compounds such as ethane, cyanogen , benzene and large amounts of methane. \u2014 Jay Bennett, Smithsonian , 6 May 2012",
"Hydrogen glows red, helium glows yellow, and cyanogen glows green. \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2018",
"The comet currently passing by Earth, comet 46P/Wirtanen, has a substantial amount of cyanogen . \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2018",
"His biggest coup was providing the Brits with the design of a chemical warfare dispersal device manufactured from parts that could be found in a tool shed and was capable of spreading deadly cyanogen chloride or other agents. \u2014 NBC News , 17 June 2018",
"A study published in 2014 in Environmental Science & Technology, for example, found that when uric acid in human urine mixes with chlorine, a toxic compound called cyanogen chloride (CNCI) and trichloramine (NCl3) is formed, TIME reported. \u2014 Melinda Carstensen, Fox News , 2 Mar. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Death by the gas chamber would also result in a torturous amount of pain, his lawyers said, because Arizona\u2019s protocols call for the use of cyanide gas. \u2014 Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
"Real-life cyanide capsules were used to commit suicide by Nazi leaders such as Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goering at the end of World War II. \u2014 Ben Zimmer, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The starchy root has enough naturally occurring cyanide to kill a human being. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Dogs don\u2019t grind their teeth to chew, so the small amount of cyanide in the pits and seeds isn\u2019t much of a worry in terms of poisoning, Wismer said. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"Earlier this month, a judge denied a request by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix to bar the state from using cyanide gas to carry out executions in Arizona. \u2014 CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"What the bombs spare often sops up cyanide , which local fishers squirt into the nooks and crannies of reefs to stun small fish and sell them in the aquarium trade. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The Arizona Department of Corrections refurbished its gas chamber and bought ingredients to create cyanide gas in December 2020, according to records obtained by the Guardian. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 21 Feb. 2022",
"On March 22, 2020, the indictment alleges, Giannakakis removed items from the second storage unit including the cyanide in the backpack and went back to Sweden. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022"
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"Death by the gas chamber would also result in a torturous amount of pain, his lawyers said, because Arizona\u2019s protocols call for the use of cyanide gas. \u2014 Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
"Real-life cyanide capsules were used to commit suicide by Nazi leaders such as Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goering at the end of World War II. \u2014 Ben Zimmer, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The starchy root has enough naturally occurring cyanide to kill a human being. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Dogs don\u2019t grind their teeth to chew, so the small amount of cyanide in the pits and seeds isn\u2019t much of a worry in terms of poisoning, Wismer said. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"Earlier this month, a judge denied a request by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix to bar the state from using cyanide gas to carry out executions in Arizona. \u2014 CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"What the bombs spare often sops up cyanide , which local fishers squirt into the nooks and crannies of reefs to stun small fish and sell them in the aquarium trade. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The Arizona Department of Corrections refurbished its gas chamber and bought ingredients to create cyanide gas in December 2020, according to records obtained by the Guardian. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 21 Feb. 2022",
"On March 22, 2020, the indictment alleges, Giannakakis removed items from the second storage unit including the cyanide in the backpack and went back to Sweden. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022"
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": a deep purplish blue that is less strong and very slightly redder than sapphire (see sapphire sense 2a ) and bluer and duller than hyacinth blue or Mazarine blue":[],
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"\u02c8s\u012b-\u02ccan"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Why mosquitoes are attracted to the color cyan remains a mystery. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Can't Control Me (a subtle cyan ), and Achievement Unlocked (a pretty lilac). \u2014 Sarah Toscano, EW.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The exterior will get a fresh coat of paint to match the company's cyan and charcoal colors; signage will be going up, too. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2020",
"The four-bedroom, multi-tiered mansion is perched above cyan -blue waters, with access to the ocean, a private coral pool, and an infinity pool. \u2014 Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure , 26 Apr. 2020",
"On a chair constructed from four square steel-tubing frames, nylon webbing in various shades ( cyan , khaki, optic white, vermilion) creates a seat with a similarly unpredictable checkered design. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
"For instance, Actinomyces bacteria, in red, grow close to the epithelial tissue of the tongue, shown in gray, while Rothia bacteria, in cyan , form long patches between other communities. \u2014 Rodrigo P\u00e9rez Ortega, Science | AAAS , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Cast in aluminum with black powder coating, the sculpture is tinged at the edges with the printing colors of cyan , magenta and yellow as though this representation of a person is beginning to come into full color. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
"For the \u201960s-era chapter of the story, Prieto modeled his palette after vintage Ektachrome film, which skews toward cyan and blue-green, and translates, Prieto says, into colder blacks and cooler shadows. \u2014 Hugh Hart, Fortune , 5 Feb. 2020"
],
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"Greek kyanos":"Noun",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-172149"
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": a white amorphous compound (CNOH) x formed by the polymerization of cyanic acid":[]
": any of a major group (Cyanobacteria) of photosynthetic bacteria that are single-celled but often form colonies in the form of filaments, sheets, or spheres and are found in diverse environments (such as salt and fresh water, soils, and on rocks)":[]
"Lichens are actually two organisms working together: a fungus and either alga or cyanobacterium . \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Feb. 2022",
"One day, another organism\u2014a sort of proto-alga\u2014devoured a cyanobacterium . \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Called Chroococcidiopsis, this cyanobacterium has a reputation for survival so formidable it is being considered for terraforming Mars. \u2014 Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American , 4 Mar. 2021",
"The cyanobacterium was a new species, which Wilde named Aetokthonos hydrillicola in 2014. \u2014 Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS , 25 Mar. 2021",
"In a fateful encounter, a cyanobacterium was engulfed by a eukaryote, a cell that had evolved the capacity for internal organs, and lived on within its membrane. \u2014 Lucy Jakub, The New York Review of Books , 1 Dec. 2020",
"His team used a type of cyanobacterium from the genus Synechococcus. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 15 Jan. 2020",
"Polluted Midwest floodwaters have fed an outbreak of cyanobacterium . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2019"
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"New Latin":""
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"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182132"
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"noun"
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": a white crystalline acid H[Au(CN) 4 ].3H 2 O that on heating decomposes into gold, cyanogen, and hydrogen cyanide":[]
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": an anthocyanidin occurring widely in the form of glycosides (as cyanin ) and usually obtained as the brown-red crystalline chloride C 15 H 11 ClO 6 (as by hydrolysis of cyanin or by synthesis from pyrocatechol derivatives)":[]
"New Latin, from cyan- + Greek kitta, kissa jay; akin to Old English higora, higore magpie, jay, Middle Low German heger jay, Old High German hehara jay, Sanskrit kiki, kikid\u012bvi blue jay":""
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"definitions":{
": a colorless crystalline compound C 15 H 12 O 6 found in jackwood":[]
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": any of several liquid acrylate monomers that readily polymerize as anions and are used as adhesives in industry and in closing wounds in surgery":[]
"The mixture is impregnated with cyanoacrylate to turn the inlay into a composite, and the rings are finished with hand sanding and polishing. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The primary ingredient [in glue] is cyanoacrylate , meant to glue things like metals and paper, not the delicate skin of the face. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 13 Sep. 2019",
"Some also report success with household instant glue ( cyanoacrylate ). \u2014 Joe, The Seattle Times , 17 Dec. 2017"
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": a mineral K 2 Cu(SO 4 ) 2 .6H 2 O consisting of a hydrous sulfate of potassium and copper found rarely at Vesuvius":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Why mosquitoes are attracted to the color cyan remains a mystery. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Can't Control Me (a subtle cyan ), and Achievement Unlocked (a pretty lilac). \u2014 Sarah Toscano, EW.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The exterior will get a fresh coat of paint to match the company's cyan and charcoal colors; signage will be going up, too. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2020",
"The four-bedroom, multi-tiered mansion is perched above cyan -blue waters, with access to the ocean, a private coral pool, and an infinity pool. \u2014 Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure , 26 Apr. 2020",
"On a chair constructed from four square steel-tubing frames, nylon webbing in various shades ( cyan , khaki, optic white, vermilion) creates a seat with a similarly unpredictable checkered design. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
"For instance, Actinomyces bacteria, in red, grow close to the epithelial tissue of the tongue, shown in gray, while Rothia bacteria, in cyan , form long patches between other communities. \u2014 Rodrigo P\u00e9rez Ortega, Science | AAAS , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Cast in aluminum with black powder coating, the sculpture is tinged at the edges with the printing colors of cyan , magenta and yellow as though this representation of a person is beginning to come into full color. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
"For the \u201960s-era chapter of the story, Prieto modeled his palette after vintage Ektachrome film, which skews toward cyan and blue-green, and translates, Prieto says, into colder blacks and cooler shadows. \u2014 Hugh Hart, Fortune , 5 Feb. 2020"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": a bluish or purplish discoloration (as of skin) due to deficient oxygenation of the blood":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first thing that came to Fishbein\u2019s mind was cyanosis \u2014 not getting enough oxygen to the tissues. \u2014 Lisa Sanders, New York Times , 15 Oct. 2020",
"Franklin suspects Fredericks had congenital pulmonic stenosis, a narrowing of the valve that leads from the heart to the lungs, causing cyanosis or blueness. \u2014 Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic , 2 Sep. 2020",
"Other signs can include headache, irritability, restlessness, drowsiness, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, cyanosis , convulsions, and coma. \u2014 CBS News , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Symptoms include dizziness, headaches, ringing ears, sleep problems, breathlessness, palpitations, fatigue, and cyanosis , which turns lips, gums, and hands purplish blue. \u2014 Xing Liu, Science Magazine , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Signs of encephalitic illness may include fever, headache, irritability, restlessness, drowsiness, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, cyanosis , convulsions and coma. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Aug. 2019",
"The doctor\u2019s diagnosis was spinal cyanosis , which came from all the rounds of combat fighting. \u2014 George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com , 23 Dec. 2017"
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"New Latin, from Greek kyan\u014dsis dark blue color, from kyanos":""
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"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": marked by or causing a bluish or purplish discoloration (as of the skin and mucous membranes) due to deficient oxygenation of the blood : relating to or affected with cyanosis":[
"On arrival at the emergency room, the patient was cyanotic and unconscious with labored respirations at 40/min.",
"\u2014 Dorwyn W. Croom",
"\u2026 I turned back the sheet to find that his foot was becoming dangerously cyanotic .",
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"definitions":{
": a division or other category of lower plants coextensive with the class Myxophyceae":[]
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
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},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8nu\u0307r-ik-",
"-\u02c8nyu\u0307r-",
"\u02ccs\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccn(y)u\u0307r-ik-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This tests for seven parameters: total hardness, total chlorine, bromine, free chlorine, pH, cyanuric acid , and total alkalinity. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 25 May 2021",
"It must be used more frequently than chlorine tablets, however, and experts recommend using it in tandem with cyanuric acid as a stabilizer. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2021",
"Testing for free chlorine, total chlorine, bromine, total hardness, total alkalinity, pH and cyanuric acid is made easy with these strips. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 25 May 2021",
"After several years, the researchers homed in on a few promising candidates, most notably two molecules, triaminopyrimidine (TAP) and cyanuric acid (CA). \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 Feb. 2014"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cyan- + urea":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192546"
},
"cyanuric chloride":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a crystalline compound C 3 N 3 Cl 3 made by polymerization of cyanogen chloride and used in organic synthesis; 2,4,6-trichloro- s -triazine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195015"
},
"cyano":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": relating to or containing the cyanogen group":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u012b-\u02c8a-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
"\u02c8s\u012b-\u0259-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cyan-":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-211356"
},
"cyaphenine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a white crystalline compound C 21 H 15 N 3 formed especially by the polymerization of benzonitrile; 2,4,6-triphenyl- s -triazine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u012b\u02c8af\u0259\u02ccn\u0113n",
"-n\u0259\u0307n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary cyan- + phenine ; originally formed as German zyaphenin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000715"
},
"cyath-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": cup : cup-shaped":[
"Cyath aspis",
"cyatho lith"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek kyath-, kyatho- , from kyathos":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-004506"
},
"Cyathaspis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of small Upper Silurian ostracoderms having the dorsal shield composed of a median plate and three smaller pieces":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u012b\u0259\u02c8thasp\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from cyath- + -aspis":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012138"
},
"Cyathea":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the type genus of the family Cyatheaceae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u012b\u02c8ath\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, irregular from Greek kyatheion little cup, diminutive of kyathos cup":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-015252"
},
"Cyatheaceae":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family of tropical tree ferns having the sporangia crowded, stalked, and either naked or more often with a cup-shaped indusium \u2014 compare silver tree fern":[]
