1. Plural of cyanamide; organic or inorganic compounds containing the group CN-NH₂ or derived from cyanamide, used in agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and chemical synthesis.
Usage: technical; chemistry

Examples

• Cyanamides are widely used as herbicides in modern agriculture.
• The laboratory synthesized several cyanamides for the pharmaceutical study.
• Calcium cyanamide is one of the most common cyanamides used as a fertilizer.
• Researchers tested different cyanamides to determine their effectiveness against plant pathogens.
• The chemical properties of cyanamides make them valuable in organic synthesis.