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Nitramine
- noun - a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators
Nitratine
- - A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; native sodium nitrate. It is used in making nitric acid and for manure. Called also soda niter.
Nitrating
- verb - treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"
Nitrified
- verb - convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
- treat (soil) with nitrates
- treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
Nitrifier
- - An agent employed in nitrification.
Nitrifies
- verb - convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
- treat (soil) with nitrates
- treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
Nitroform
- - 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.
Nitrogens
- noun - Nitrogen - a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
Nitrospan
- noun - a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
- trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris