Nitraniline
Ni‐tran″i‐line (? or?), n. [Nitro- + aniline.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline. In general they are yellow crystalline substances.
Dictionary
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
Search
Find a word or entry
Current letter
N
2.117 entries
Nitrate
Ni″trate (?), n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.) A salt of nitric acid.Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; — called al...
Nitrated
Ni″tra‐ted (?), a. 1. (Chem.) Combined, or impregnated, with nitric acid, or some of its compounds.2. (Photog.) Prepared with nitrate of silver.
Nitratine
Ni″tra‐tine (?), n.(Min.) A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; native sodium nitrate. It is used...
Nitre (2)
Ni″tre (?), n.(Chem.) See Niter.
Nitriary
Ni″tri‐a‐ry (?), n. [See Niter.] An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2.
Nitric
Ni″tric (?), a. [Cf. F. nitrique. See Niter.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted wi...
Nitride
Ni″tride (? or?), n. [fromNitrogen.] (Chem.) A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride.
Nitriferous
Ni‐trif″er‐ous (?), a. [Niter + -ferous.] Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter.
Nitrification
Ni′tri‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. nitrification. see Nitrify.] 1. (Chem.) (a) The act, process, or result of combining with nitrogen or some of its compounds. (b) The act or pro...
Nitrifier
Ni″tri‐fi′er (?), n.(Chem.) An agent employed in nitrification.
Nitrify
Ni″tri‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nitrified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Nitrifying (?).] [Niter + -fy: cf. F. nitrifer. See Niter.] (Chem.) To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to co...
Nitrile
Ni″trile (? or?), n. [See Nitro-.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alk...
Nitrite
Ni″trite (?), n. [Cf. F. nitrite. See Niter.] (Chem.) A salt of nitrous acid.Amyl nitrite, a yellow oily volatile liquid, used in medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator. It...
Nitro-
Ni″tro– (�). 1. A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.2. (Chem.) A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or ...
Nitro-chloroform
Ni′tro–chlo″ro‐form (?), n. [Nitro- + chloroform.] (Chem.) Same as Chlorpicrin.
Nitrobenzene
Ni′tro‐ben″zene (? or?), n. [Nitro- + benzene.] (Chem.) A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation...
Nitrobenzol
{ Ni′tro‐ben″zol, Ni′tro‐ben″zole, (� or �) }, n. See Nitrobenzene.
Nitrocalcite
Ni′tro‐cal″cite (?), n. [Nitro- + calcite.] (Min.) Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efflorescences on old walls, and in limestone caves,...
Nitrocarbol
Ni′tro‐car″bol (?), n. [Nitro- + carbon + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) See Nitromethane.
Nitrocellulose
Ni′tro‐cel″lu‐lose′ (?), n. [Nitro- + cellulose.] (Chem.) See Gun cotton, under Gun.
Nitroform
Ni″tro‐form (?), n. [Nitro- + formyl.] (Chem.) A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite ex...
Nitrogelatin
Ni′tro‐gel″a‐tin (?), n. [Nitro- + gelatin.] An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin. [Written also nitrogelatine.]
Nitrogen
Ni′tro‐gen (nī″trō̍‐jĕn), n. [L. nitrum natron + -gen: cf. F. nitrogène. See Niter.] (Chem.) A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of t...
Nitrogenize
Ni″tro‐gen‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nitrogenized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Nitrogenizing.] (Chem.) To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.
Nitrogenous
Ni‐trog″e‐nous (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds.Nitrogenous foods. See 2d Note under Food, n., 1.
Nitroglycerin
Ni′tro‐glyc″er‐in (nī′trō̍‐glĭs″ẽr‐ĭn), n. [Nitro- + glycerin.] (Chem.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glyce...