About The Word Insecticide

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Insecticide to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Insecticide definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Insecticide

Insecticide Meaning & Definition
Insecticide Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insecticide?

[n] a chemical used to kill insects

Synonyms | Synonyms for Insecticide: insect powder

Related Terms | Find terms related to Insecticide: aborticide | acaricide | anthelmintic | antibiotic | antiseptic | bug bomb | carbamate insecticide | chemosterilant | chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide | contact poison | defoliant | disinfectant | eradicant | fratricide | fumigant | fungicide | genocide | germicide | herbicide | homicide | infanticide | insect powder | matricide | microbicide | miticide | organic chlorine | organic phosphate insecticide | parricide | patricide | pesticide | poison | rat poison | regicide | roach paste | roach powder | rodenticide | sororicide | stomach poison | suicide | systemic | systemic insecticide | toxic | toxicant | toxin | uxoricide | venin | venom | vermicide | virus | weed killer

See Also | arsenic | As | atomic number 33 | DDT | dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane | larvacide | lead arsenate | lindane | Malathion | organophosphate | parathion | Paris green | pesticide | pyrethrum | rotenone

Insecticide In Webster's Dictionary

\In*sec"ti*cide\, n. [Insect + L. caedere to kill.] An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder. -- {In*sec"ti*ci`dal}, a.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Petaurista petaurista ‐ East Indian…
  • Wallace stevens ‐ United States poet…
  • Crosstie ‐ one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;…
  • Whitish ‐ tending toward white [adj] resembling milk in color or cloudiness;…
  • Lepista irina ‐ an edible agaric with large silky white caps and…
  • Ponka ‐ the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca people [n] a member of…
  • Moss green ‐ of a moderate somewhat dull…
  • Navy base ‐ base of operations for a…
  • Mary ii ‐ Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest…
  • Monopolization ‐ domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion…