cyanamide, calcium-cyanamide
(noun) a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds
cyanamide, cyanamid
(noun) a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cyanamide (countable and uncountable, plural cyanamides)
(chemistry) A chemical compound, NH2CN; a white crystalline solid, soluble in water, having many commercial applications including fertilizer
(organic compound) Any derivative of this compound in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by an alkyl or aryl group
Source: Wiktionary
6 January 2025
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
