Home › Words › C › cryptocyaninecryptocyaninecryptocyanine · noun — the dye (4E)-1-ethyl-4-[(E)-3-(1-ethylquinolin-1-ium-4-yl)prop-2-enylidene]quinoline.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom crypto- + cyanine.nounThe dye (4E)-1-ethyl-4-[(E)-3-(1-ethylquinolin-1-ium-4-yl)prop-2-enylidene]quinolineDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.carbocyanine 70% match — Any of a family of dyes having a structure containing two quinoline groups connected by a bridge of conjugated single- and double bonds vs cryptocyanine →cyanine 69% match — Any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue dyes used in photography etc. vs cryptocyanine →cyanol 68% match — Any of several blue dyes. vs cryptocyanine →rhodacyanine 67% match — Any of a group of cyanines derived from rhodanine vs cryptocyanine →hemicyanine 66% match — Any of a class of dyes having two aromatic groups linked by an ethylene group vs cryptocyanine →indocyanine 66% match — Any cyanine dye containing an indole group. vs cryptocyanine →merocyanine 66% match — Any of a class of fluorescent dyes, some of which are notable for their solvatochromatic properties. vs cryptocyanine →cyanoquinoline 64% match — Any cyano derivative of quinoline vs cryptocyanine →