Cyanate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cyanate \Cy"a*nate\ (s?"?-n?t), n. [Cf. F. cuanate. See
     {Cyanic}.] (Chem.)
     A salt of cyanic acid.
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     {Ammonium cyanate} (Chem.), a remarkable white crystalline


        substance, {NH4.O.CN}, which passes, on standing, to the
        organic compound, urea, {CO.(NH2)2}.
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