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| Alfred Nobel |
a Swedish engineer, industrialist, and philanthropist who invented dynamite and established the Nobel prizes (b.1833--d.1896). |
| dynamite |
to blow up, blast holes in, or destroy by using dynamite. [1/3 definitions] |
| explosive |
a substance that is capable of causing an explosion, esp. an agent prepared for that purpose, such as dynamite. [1/3 definitions] |
| gelignite |
a blasting explosive containing nitroglycerin, nitrocellulose, and the like; gelatin dynamite. |
| giant powder |
dynamite made of nitroglycerin, sulfur, sodium nitrate, rosin, and usu. kieselguhr, and used for blasting. |
| go-devil |
a metal dart dropped into an oil well to set off a previously placed explosive such as dynamite. [1/4 definitions] |
| nitroglycerin |
a very explosive liquid used in making dynamite and other explosives and in dilating arteries to treat angina. |
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