Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
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Nowadays I wouldn’t shake her hand without wearing thick nitril gloves (sorry to say!
Katy Perry Pregnant? 2009
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