English words starting with cy

Meanings of Cy:

suffix

Denoting state or condition.

Usage examples:

Bankruptcy

abbreviation

Cyprus (international vehicle registration).

Meanings of Cyan:

noun

A greenish-blue colour which is one of the primary subtractive colours, complementary to red.

Usage examples:

That of a primary colour will be a mixture of the two other primaries: the additive complement of r…

adjective

A primary subtractive color for light

Meanings of Cyanamid:

noun

A weakly acidic crystalline compound made as an intermediate in the production of ammonia.

Usage examples:

Under this scenario, dormancy-breaking chemicals (such as hydrogen cyanamide, hc) enhance budbreak …

Meanings of Cyanamide:

noun

A weakly acidic crystalline compound made as an intermediate in the production of ammonia.

Usage examples:

Under this scenario, dormancy-breaking chemicals (such as hydrogen cyanamide, hc) enhance budbreak …

Meanings of Cyanate:

noun

A salt or ester of cyanic acid.

Usage examples:

Makeup salt consists of a precise mixture of sodium and potassium cyanides that are oxidized by aer…

Meanings of Cyanates:

noun

A salt or ester of cyanic acid.

Usage examples:

Makeup salt consists of a precise mixture of sodium and potassium cyanides that are oxidized by aer…

Meanings of Cyanic:

adjective

Of cyanogen.

Usage examples:

It is thought that this property is due to the presence of a non-toxic cyanic compound called pruna…

Meanings of Cyanide:

noun

A salt or ester of hydrocyanic acid, containing the anion cn− or the group —cn. the salts are generally extremely toxic.

Meanings of Cyanides:

noun

A salt or ester of hydrocyanic acid, containing the anion cn− or the group —cn. the salts are generally extremely toxic.

Meanings of Cyanite:

noun

A blue or green crystalline mineral consisting of aluminium silicate, used in heat-resistant ceramics.

Usage examples:

Outside we saw large tables covered high with specimens of kyanite in quartz.

Meanings of Cyanites:

noun

A blue or green crystalline mineral consisting of aluminium silicate, used in heat-resistant ceramics.

Usage examples:

Outside we saw large tables covered high with specimens of kyanite in quartz.

Meanings of Cyano:

combining form

Representing cyanide.

Relating to the colour blue, especially dark blue.

Usage examples:

Cyanosis

Meanings of Cyanoacrylate:

noun

Any of a class of compounds which are cyanide derivatives of acrylates. they are easily polymerized and are used to make quick-setting adhesives.

Usage examples:

This adhesive is based on cyanoacrylates which spontaneously polymerizes in moist air.

Meanings of Cyanocobalamin:

noun

A vitamin derived from foods of animal origin such as liver, fish, and eggs, a deficiency of which can cause pernicious anaemia. it contains a cyanide group bonded to the central cobalt atom of a cobalamin molecule.

Usage examples:

The b-complex vitamins are actually a group of eight vitamins, which include thiamine, riboflavin, …

Meanings of Cyanocobalamine:

noun

A vitamin derived from foods of animal origin such as liver, fish, and eggs, a deficiency of which can cause pernicious anaemia. it contains a cyanide group bonded to the central cobalt atom of a cobalamin molecule.

Usage examples:

The b-complex vitamins are actually a group of eight vitamins, which include thiamine, riboflavin, …

Meanings of Cyanogen:

noun

A colourless flammable highly poisonous gas made by oxidizing hydrogen cyanide.

Usage examples:

The spectra that are observed indicate that small molecules, such as cyanide, methane, and cyanogen…

Meanings of Cyanogenesis:

noun

The production of hydrogen cyanide by certain plants, such as cherry laurel and bracken, as a response to wounding or a deterrent to herbivores.

Usage examples:

Defoliation by lepidoptera can induce cyanogenesis in some plants resulting in cyanide levels high …

Meanings of Cyanogenic:

adjective

(of a plant) capable of cyanogenesis.

Usage examples:

Cyanogenic forms

Meanings of Cyanohydrin:

noun

An organic compound containing a carbon atom linked to both a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group.

Usage examples:

Formaldehyde reacts with the sodium cyanide to form formaldehyde cyanohydrin.

Meanings of Cyanophilous:

adjective

Readily stained by blue and green dyes.

Meanings of Cyanosis:

noun

A bluish discoloration of the skin due to poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood.

Usage examples:

The skin and mucous membranes should be inspected for cyanosis, pallor, ecchymoses, telangiectasia,…

Meanings of Cyanotype:

noun

A photographic blueprint.

Usage examples:

‘ocean flowers’ featured a compelling selection of drawings, watercolors, cyanotypes, photogenic dr…

Meanings of Cyathia:

noun

The characteristic inflorescence of the spurges, resembling a single flower. it consists of a cup-shaped involucre of fused bracts enclosing several greatly reduced male flowers and a single female flower.

Usage examples:

All are tree euphorbias, have minute sessile leaves and yellowish cyathia but differ in other respe…

Meanings of Cyathium:

noun

The characteristic inflorescence of the spurges, resembling a single flower. it consists of a cup-shaped involucre of fused bracts enclosing several greatly reduced male flowers and a single female flower.

Usage examples:

All are tree euphorbias, have minute sessile leaves and yellowish cyathia but differ in other respe…

Meanings of Cybele:

proper noun

A mother goddess worshipped especially in phrygia and later in greece (where she was associated with demeter), rome, and the roman provinces, with her consort attis.