Word Meanings - NITROFORM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Nitrometer
  An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer.
• Definiteness
  The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.
• Nitrocarbol
  See Nitromethane.
• Nitrocellulose
  See Gun cotton, under Gun.
• Nitromethane
  A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol.
• Obtainable
  Capable of being obtained.
• Definition
  The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
• Havenage
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• Nitro-chloroform
  Same as Chlorpicrin.
• Nitromuriatic
  Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric.
• Obtainer
  One who obtains.
• Analogous
  Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.
• Definitional
  Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.
• Havened
  Sheltered in a haven.
• Nitroform
  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.
• Nitrophnol
  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.
• Obtainment
  The act or process of obtaining; attainment.
• Chloroform
  A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical oper

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