dicarboxamide

D2I1C3A1R1B3O1X8A1M3I1D2E1

noun

Any compound having two carboxamide groups

Scrabble 28

Meanings

noundicarboxamide (plural dicarboxamides)

plural dicarboxamides

  1. chemistryAny compound having two carboxamide groups
  2. Any of a family of fungicides having this structure

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Englishcarboxamide
  8. Englishdicarboxamide

From di- + carboxamide.

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Chicago

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