Associations to the word «Cyanide»

Wiktionary

CYANIDE, noun. (chemistry) (countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N radical or the C≡N-1 anion.
CYANIDE, noun. (uncountable) potassium cyanide - a water soluble poison
CYANIDE, noun. (uncountable) hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas - a poisonous gas
CYANIDE, verb. (transitive) To treat or poison with cyanide.
CYANIDE PROCESS, noun. A method of extracting gold and silver from their ores with a solution of sodium cyanide
CYANIDE PROCESS, noun. A process of case-hardening iron or steel by immersing it in molten cyanide and then quenching in water or oil

Dictionary definition

CYANIDE, noun. Any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN.
CYANIDE, noun. An extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats