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brompicrin

brompicrin noun: a pungent colourless explosive liquid, CNO₂Br₃.

Noun

brompicrin (uncountable)

  1. A pungent colourless explosive liquid, CNO₂Br₃.

Origin of brompicrin

From German Brompikrin, from Brom (“bromine”) and the word for "picric (acid)".

Questions about brompicrin

What does brompicrin mean?
Brompicrin means a pungent colourless explosive liquid, CNO₂Br₃.
What part of speech is brompicrin?
Brompicrin is a noun.

Words near brompicrin in the dictionary

  1. bromovirus
  2. bromoviruses
  3. bromoxynil
  4. bromperidol
  5. brompheniramine
  6. brompicrin
  7. Brompton
  8. Brompton boiler
  9. Brompton boilers
  10. Brompton cocktail
  11. Brompton mixture

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