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| Chile saltpeter |
naturally occurring sodium nitrate, esp. as found in Chile and Peru. |
| dynamite |
a strong explosive made of nitroglycerine or ammonium nitrate. [1/3 definitions] |
| giant powder |
dynamite made of nitroglycerin, sulfur, sodium nitrate, rosin, and usu. kieselguhr, and used for blasting. |
| gunpowder |
an explosive used to propel a gun projectile, esp. the explosive made from potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal; black powder. |
| lunar caustic |
silver nitrate, used in medicine to cauterize tissues. |
| niter |
a whitish salt, potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate, used in gunpowder or fertilizer; saltpeter. |
| nitrate |
potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate used as fertilizer. [2/3 definitions] |
| nitrify |
to oxidize into nitrous or nitric acid or a nitrite or nitrate, as by bacterial action in soil. [1/2 definitions] |
| saltpeter |
a natural form of potassium nitrate that is used in the manufacture of gunpowder. |
| sugar-cured |
of meats, esp. ham, cured with a mixture of sugar, salt, and nitrate or nitrite. |
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