Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hydrocyanic_acid

1 sense of hydrocyanic acid

Sense 1
hydrocyanic acid, prussic acid -- (a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds)
       => acid -- (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)