n. Same as Anthokyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aurum + cyanide. ] (Chem.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Dicyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance: cf. F. cyanique. Cf. Kyanite. ] 1. Pertaining to, or containing, cyanogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cyanic acid (Chem.), an acid, HOCN, derived from cyanogen, well known in its salts, but never isolated in the free state. --
Cyanic colors (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having some tinge of blue; -- opposed to xanthic colors. A color of either series may pass into red or white, but not into the opposing color. Red and pure white are more common among flowers of cyanic tendency than in those of the other class. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cyanide. See Cyanic. ] (Chem.) A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cyanic. ] (Chem.) The blue coloring matter of flowers; -- called also anthokyan and anthocyanin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cyanic. ] (Min.) A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium. [ Written also kyanite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + cyanogen. ] (Chem.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also bicyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ferri- + cyanic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ferricyanic acid (Chem.), a brown crystalline substance, H6(CN)12Fe2, obtained from potassium ferricyanide, and regarded as the type of the ferricyanides; -- called also hydro-ferricyanic acid, hydrogen ferricyanide, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ferri- + cyanide. ] (Chem.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base. [ 1913 Webster ]

Potassium ferricyanide (Chem.), red prussiate of potash; a dark, red, crystalline salt, K6(CN)12Fe2, consisting of the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull's blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ferro- + cyanic: cf. F. ferrocyanique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a ferrocyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]

ferrocyanic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, H4(CN)6Fe, of strong acid properties, obtained from potassium ferrocyanide, and regarded as the type of the ferrocyanides; -- called also hydro-ferrocyanic acid, hydrogen ferrocyanide. etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ferro- + cyanide. ] (Chem.) One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base. [ 1913 Webster ]

Potassium ferrocyanide (Chem.), yellow prussiate of potash; a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, K4(CN)6Fe, the starting point in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen compounds, and the basis of the ferric ferrocyanate, prussian blue. It is obtained by strongly heating together potash, scrap iron, and animal matter containing nitrogen, as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyhaemacyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Haemacyanin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hydro-, 2 + anic: cf. F. hydrocyanique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from the combination of, hydrogen and cyanogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydrocyanic acid (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatile liquid, HCN, having a characteristic peach-blossom odor. It is one of the most deadly poisons. It is made by the action of sulphuric acid on yellow prussiate of potassium (potassium ferrocyanide), and chemically resembles hydrochloric and hydrobromic acids. Called also prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A compound of hydrocyanic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a cyanide, in which only the cyanogen so combines.

n. [ Hydro-, 2 + ferricyanic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferricyanic acid. See Ferricyanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hydro-, 2 + ferrocyanic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferrous iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferrocyanic acid. See Ferrocyanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso- + cyanic. ] (Chem.) Designating an acid isomeric with cyanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isocyanic acid, an acid metameric with cyanic acid, and resembling it in its salts. It is obtained as a colorless, mobile, unstable liquid by the heating cyanuric acid. Called technically carbimide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, HNCS, isomeric with sulphocyanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Oxy- (a) + haemacyanin, haemocyanin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) See Haemacyanin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline substance (called also perthiocyanic acid), analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. fy^kos seaweed + E. cyanin. ] A blue coloring matter found in certain algae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyllo- + cyanin. ] (Chem.) A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [ Written also phyllocyanine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid compound of platinous cyanide and hydrocyanic acid. It is obtained as a cinnaber-red crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinocyanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; pus + &unr_; dark blue. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores, supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium (Bacillus pyocyaneus). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Sulphur, Cyanic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) See Sulphocyanate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Thio- + cyanic. ] (Chem.) Same as Sulphocyanic. [ 1913 Webster ]