Word.ws English Dictionary

ballistite

/ˈbæl.əˌstaɪt/

ballistite noun: a smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine without a solvent, developed in the 1880s and still used, e.g., for artillery rockets like Grad.

Noun

ballistite (countable and uncountable, plural ballistites)

  1. A smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine without a solvent, developed in the 1880s and still used, e.g., for artillery rockets like Grad.

Forms of ballistite

pluralballistites

Origin of ballistite

Attested since 1892, from French balistite or Italian balistite (both 1890).

Questions about ballistite

What does ballistite mean?
Ballistite means a smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine without a solvent, developed in the 1880s and still used, e.g., for artillery rockets like Grad.
What part of speech is ballistite?
Ballistite is a noun.
How do you pronounce ballistite?
Ballistite is pronounced /ˈbæl.əˌstaɪt/.
What is the plural of ballistite?
The plural of ballistite is ballistites.

Words near ballistite in the dictionary

  1. ballistically
  2. ballistician
  3. ballisticians
  4. ballisticity
  5. ballistics
  6. ballistite
  7. ballisto-
  8. ballistocardiac
  9. ballistocardiogram
  10. ballistocardiograms
  11. ballistocardiograph

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ballistite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ballistite.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ballistite. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.