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nitrogenous

nitrogenous adjective: of, relating to, or containing nitrogen.

Adjective

nitrogenous (not comparable)

  1. of, relating to, or containing nitrogen
    • The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material.1892, Ella Eaton Kellogg, “Vegetables”, in Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of...
    Synonyms:
    nitrogenic

nitrogenous meaning in Tamil, Nepali, Arabic and Myanmar

nitrogenous in Tamil

நைட்ரஜன் அடங்கிய, நைதரசனுக்குரிய

nitrogenous in Nepali

of nitrogen
नाइट्रोजनीय nāiṭrojanīya

nitrogenous in Arabic

of nitrogen
نَتْرُوجِينِيّ natrūjīniyy

nitrogenous in Myanmar

of nitrogen
နိုက်ထရိုဂျင် nuikhta.ruigyang

Synonyms of nitrogenous

Origin of nitrogenous

From nitrogen + -ous.

Words formed from nitrogenous

Words that rhyme with nitrogenous

Questions about nitrogenous

What does nitrogenous mean?
Nitrogenous means of, relating to, or containing nitrogen.
What is nitrogenous in Tamil?
Nitrogenous in Tamil is நைட்ரஜன் அடங்கிய, நைதரசனுக்குரிய. See Nitrogenous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nitrogenous?
Nitrogenous is an adjective.

Words near nitrogenous in the dictionary

  1. nitrogenized
  2. nitrogenizes
  3. nitrogenizing
  4. nitrogenless
  5. nitrogenlike
  6. nitrogenous
  7. nitrogens
  8. nitroglucose
  9. nitroglycerin
  10. nitroglycerine
  11. nitroglycerines

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