propionitrile
noun
pro·pio·nitrile
¦prōpēō+
: a toxic volatile liquid nitrile C2H5CN that yields propionic acid and ammonia on hydrolysis and is used chiefly as a solvent
called also ethyl cyanide
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary propion- + nitrile
- bitumen process
- bitumenoid
- bitumens
- bituminisation
- bituminisations
- bituminise
- bituminised
- bituminises
- bituminising
- bituminization
- bituminizations
- bituminize
- bituminized
- bituminizes
- bituminizing
- bituminoid
- bituminous
- bituminous coal
- bituminous grout
- bituminous macadam
- biturbo
- biturbos
- bitwise
- bitypic
- biune