nitrate : Idioms & Phrases

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ammonium nitrate

  • noun used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant
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amyl nitrate

  • noun a vasodilator that is sometimes used to treat angina pectoris
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calcium nitrate

  • noun a deliquescent salt that is soluble in water; sometimes used as a source of nitrogen in fertilizers
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cellulose nitrate

  • noun a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives
    nitrocotton; nitrocellulose; guncotton.
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nitrate bacterium

  • noun any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates
    nitric bacterium.
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Nitrate of silver

  • a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; called also lunar caustic.
Webster 1913

potassium nitrate

  • noun (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
    niter; nitre; saltpetre; saltpeter.
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silver nitrate

  • noun a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent
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sodium nitrate

  • noun (NaNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
    soda niter.
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uranyl nitrate

  • noun a yellow salt obtained by the reaction of uranium salts with nitric acid
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