- - -

Please use the form below to search our dictionaries by entering a word you wish to define. (If you search this site to define words regularly, support this FREE site - Donate! )

Define Word:
Use dictionary:

Or browse by Letter:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Define the word cacodyle

"cacodyle" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Cacodyl \Cac"o*dyl\, n. [Gr. ??????? ill-smelling (kako`s bad +
   ????? to smell) + -yl.] (Chem.)
   Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid,
   As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an
   intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of
   compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called
   hydrazines. [Written also cacodyle, and kakodyl.]
   [1913 Webster]