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Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.

• Curlycue
  Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.
• Nitrated
  Combined, or impregnated, with nitric acid, or some of its compounds.
• DIAPHORETICDIAPHORETICAL
  Having the power to increase perspiration.
• Curried
  Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared.
• Processioning
  A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession.
• WHITEFRONTED
  Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose (Zoöl.), the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
• Chief-justiceship
  The office of chief justice.
• Cursive
  Running; flowing.
• Productivity
  The quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
• Coolness
  The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.
• Curtailment
  The act or result of curtailing or cutting off.
• Substanceless
  Having no substance; unsubstantial.
• Curassow
  A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidae.
• Curtilage
  A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.
• Whitebill
  The American coot.
• Curculios
  of Curculio
• Curvedness
  The state of being curved.
• White-heart
  A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
• Curing
  of Cure
• Curviserial
  Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.

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