Carbide is valid Scrabble Word

Is carbide a scrabble word?
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7 letters word
12 points in Scrabble
14 points in WWF

Definitions for CARBIDE in dictionary:

NOUN:

a carbon compound
a binary compound of carbon with an element of lower or comparable electronegativity
calcium carbide (CaCâ‚‚), used to generate acetylene by reaction with water and formerly used in portable lamps
compound of carbon with a metal
A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.
a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
calcium carbide (CaC₂), used to generate acetylene by reaction with water and formerly used in portable lamps

Words related to CARBIDE

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Words that contain CARBIDE

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How to use CARBIDE in a sentence

Other details as to the carbide consumed in making acetylene gas may be briefly quoted.
It has been found that for equal weight the carbide will give more light than kerosene or candle.
The carbide should be put in small containers, for each time a box is opened some of the contents turns into gas from contact with the moist air.
In 1892 it was discovered that lime and coal fused together in the intense heat of the electric furnace formed a crystalline, metallic-looking substance called calcium carbide.
The cheapness of calcium carbide has made it possible for the isolated farmhouse to discard oil lamps and to have a private gas system.
When the hard, gray crystals of calcium carbide are put in water, they give off acetylene, a colorless gas which burns with a brilliant white flame.
In a house in which there were twenty burners, the tanks were filled with water and carbide but once a fortnight.
Acetylene gas, as generally used, is generated by bringing water in contact with the calcium carbide.
Acetylene, generated from calcium carbide inside the buoy, is also used.
This can C is filled about half full of broken pieces of carbide and then placed in the little can D.

The water then comes in contact with the carbide and forms gas, which expands and stops the lowering of tank A.
It would be well-nigh fatal to use water on carbide.
In lamps, of course, and in lighting plants where carbide is used, there are automatic arrangements to prevent the water flowing too freely to the chemical.
But Tom knew if the hose were turned on the fire in the red shed a great explosion would result, for some of the tins of carbide would be melted by the heat.
There were some machines in there, as well as explosives and chemicals, in addition to the store of carbide.
Water would have been worse than useless, because of the carbide, but the sand covered it up so that it was made perfectly harmless.

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