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Nitrate

A salt of nitric acid.

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Compound 76% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Guncotton 76% connected

See under Gun.

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Niter 76% connected

Alt. of Nitre

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Nitre 76% connected

A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.

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Nitrocellulose 76% connected

See Gun cotton, under Gun.

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Nitroglycerin 76% connected

A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more pro…

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Saltpeter 76% connected

Alt. of Saltpetre

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Saltpetre 76% connected

Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is…

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Nitrify 74% connected

To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.

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Nitrify 74% connected

To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.

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