"Nitrum" is a word in ENGLISH

A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has …

Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as …

To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, …

To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.

A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in …

An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.

A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no …

A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it …

Alt. of Nitre

A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; native sodium …

See Niter.

An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2.

Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter.

A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.

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

A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and mealed powder, -- used principally to ignite …

An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as …

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