WordNet
n. a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts) [syn: cyanamide]
Usage examples of "cyanamid".
These include the cyanamid process for producing ammonia, the arc process for nitric acid, and the Haber process, in which ammonia is synthesized through direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen.
On April 13, 1943 James Markham sent a letter to Secretary of State Cordell Hull objecting to the proposed Cyanamid deal on the grounds it was contrary to the Atlantic Charter and would interfere with the aim of establishing independent firms in Latin America.
Both Sterling and Winthrop stood to lose their drug market in Mexico if the Cyanamid deal went through.
Think of the trouble American Cyanamid had, trying to find a trademark for their acrylic fiber.
He worked awhile as a mineral economist for the United States Bureau of Mines, and was for many years a patent attorney for the American Cyanamid Company and later W.