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- English Word Nitro- Definition A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical NO2, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene.
- English Word Nitro-chloroform Definition Same as Chlorpicrin.
- English Word Nitrobenzene Definition A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.
- English Word Nitrobenzol Definition Alt. of Nitrobenzole
- English Word Nitrobenzole Definition See Nitrobenzene.
- English Word Nitrocalcite Definition Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter.
- English Word Nitrocarbol Definition See Nitromethane.
- English Word Nitrocellulose Definition See Gun cotton, under Gun.
- English Word Nitroform Definition A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties.
- English Word Nitrogelatin Definition An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin.
- English Word Nitrogen Definition A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.
- English Word Nitrogenize Definition To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.
- English Word Nitrogenized Definition of Nitrogenize
- English Word Nitrogenizing Definition of Nitrogenize
- English Word Nitrogenous Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds.
- English Word Nitroglycerin Definition 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 properly called glycerin nitrate. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion.
- English Word Nitrohydrochloric Definition Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric acids.
- English Word Nitrol Definition Any one of a series of hydrocarbons containing the nitro and the nitroso or isonitroso group united to the same carbon atom.
- English Word Nitroleum Definition Nitroglycerin.
- English Word Nitrolic Definition Of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a nitrolic acid.
- English Word Nitromagnesite Definition Nitrate of magnesium, a saline efflorescence closely resembling nitrate of calcium.
- English Word Nitrometer Definition An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer.
- English Word Nitromethane Definition A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol.
- English Word Nitromuriatic Definition Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric.
- English Word Nitrophnol Definition Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined acid properties, as picric acid.
- English Word Nitroprussic Definition Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance. It forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline subphides.
- English Word Nitroprusside Definition See Nitroprussic.
- English Word Nitroquinol Definition A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined series of derivatives.
- English Word Nitrosalicylic Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro derivative of salicylic acid, called also anilic acid.
- English Word Nitrose Definition See Nitrous.