nitroglycerine

Noun

Meaning

a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

glyceryl trinitrate nitroglycerin trinitroglycerin Nitrospan Nitrostat glycerol trinitrate dynamite soup nitrate nitrous nitrocellulose dilator glyceryl gunpowder glycerine
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Hypernyms

nitrate vasodilator vasodilative

Examples

A few months before his death in 1896, Alfred Nobel was prescribed nitroglycerine for this heart condition, writing to a friend: "Isn't it the irony of fate that I have been prescribed nitro-glycerin, to be taken internally! Source: Internet

Cordite MD was developed to reduce barrel wear, its formula being 65% nitrocellulose, 30% nitroglycerine, and 5% petroleum jelly. Source: Internet

The tunnels were all made with the new dangerous nitroglycerine explosive which expedited work but caused some fatal accidents. Source: Internet

S. § 5269, 17 Stat. 366 (1872)) for transporting nitroglycerine and other explosives without proper safeguards (R. Source: Internet

Gelatin dynamites containing nitroglycerine have a degree of water resistance. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nitrogenous compounds nitroglucose nitroglycerin nitroglycol nitroguanidine nitroheterocycle