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nitrocresol

nitrocresol noun: an explosive chemical compound of nitrated cresol.

Noun

nitrocresol (plural nitrocresols)

  1. An explosive chemical compound of nitrated cresol.

Forms of nitrocresol

pluralnitrocresols

Origin of nitrocresol

nitro- + cresol

Questions about nitrocresol

What does nitrocresol mean?
Nitrocresol means an explosive chemical compound of nitrated cresol.
What part of speech is nitrocresol?
Nitrocresol is a noun.
What is the plural of nitrocresol?
The plural of nitrocresol is nitrocresols.

Words near nitrocresol in the dictionary

  1. nitrochloroform
  2. nitrocline
  3. nitroclines
  4. nitroclofene
  5. nitrocotton
  6. nitrocresol
  7. nitrocresols
  8. nitrocycline
  9. nitroderivative
  10. nitroderivatives
  11. nitrodiamantane

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