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Nitrates
- noun - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
- treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"
Nitriary
- - An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2.
Nitrides
- noun - a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)
Nitriles
- noun - any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
Nitrites
- noun - the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Nitrogen
- noun - Nitrogen - a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
Nitrolic
- - Of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a nitrolic acid.
Nitroso-
- - (. (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) designating the group or radical -NO, called the nitroso group, or its compounds.
Nitrosyl
- - The radical -NO, called also the nitroso group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively.
Nitroxyl
- - The group -NO2, usually called the nitro group.