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      nitrile
      noun
      any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
      Roots
      nitronnitr- · Greek · nitrogenilis-ile · Latin · pertaining to
      Words related to nitrile
      cyanidencyanoacetylenepolyisoprenechloroprenenpolychloroprenebutylncyanohydrinncyanoethylationnhalogenatedvtetrafluoroethylenenacetalnbutylationnacrylonitrilenxylenolaminophenoldiaminenisocyanidepolysiloxanealiphaticadjamyleneolefinncyanopolyhydroxyadjfluorinatedvacetonitrilecyclohexanonebutyralethylationnmethylalvinylidene

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