explosive
Webster Dictionary
an explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine
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glycerin
Webster Dictionary
alt. of Glycerine
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nitro-
(ˈnaɪ troʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which the nitro group is present:
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nitroparaffin
(ˌnaɪ trəˈpær ə fɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of a class of compounds derived from the methane series in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by a nitro group.
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nitryl
Webster Dictionary
a name sometimes given to the nitro group or radical
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nitrification
(nitrification)
Princeton's WordNet
the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound)
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trinitrocellulose
Webster Dictionary
gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing three nitro groups
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niteosaccharin
Webster Dictionary
an explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc
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nitraniline
Webster Dictionary
any one of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline. In general they are yellow crystalline substances
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nitromethane
Webster Dictionary
a nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol
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safranin
Webster Dictionary
an orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye
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negative
Webster Dictionary
metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative
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nitrol
Webster Dictionary
any one of a series of hydrocarbons containing the nitro and the nitroso or isonitroso group united to the same carbon atom
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xenylic
Webster Dictionary
pertaining to, derived from, designating, certain amido compounds obtained by reducing certain nitro derivatives of diphenyl
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nitroquinol
Webster Dictionary
a hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined series of derivatives
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nitrosyl
Webster Dictionary
the radical NO, called also the nitroso group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively
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nitroform
Webster Dictionary
a nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties
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dualin
Webster Dictionary
an explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion
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nitrosalicylic
Webster Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro derivative of salicylic acid, called also anilic acid
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nitrophnol
Webster Dictionary
any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined acid properties, as picric acid
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nitroxyl
Webster Dictionary
the group NO2, usually called the nitro group
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