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Saltpeter

Alt. of Saltpetre

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Broader term 1

Nitrate 76% connected

A salt of nitric acid.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 4

Nitric 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nitric 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nitrous 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nitrous 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.

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Containing substance 1

Fertilizer 70% connected

One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid.

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Synonym 3

Niter 92% connected

Alt. of Nitre

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nitre 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Saltpetre 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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