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nitroguanidine

nitroguanidine noun: a colourless, crystalline solid manufactured from guanine and used in explosives and pesticides.

Noun

nitroguanidine (countable and uncountable, plural nitroguanidines)

  1. A colourless, crystalline solid manufactured from guanine and used in explosives and pesticides.

Forms of nitroguanidine

pluralnitroguanidines

Origin of nitroguanidine

From nitro- + guanidine.

Questions about nitroguanidine

What does nitroguanidine mean?
Nitroguanidine means a colourless, crystalline solid manufactured from guanine and used in explosives and pesticides.
What part of speech is nitroguanidine?
Nitroguanidine is a noun.
What is the plural of nitroguanidine?
The plural of nitroguanidine is nitroguanidines.

Words near nitroguanidine in the dictionary

  1. nitroglycerin
  2. nitroglycerine
  3. nitroglycerines
  4. nitroglycerins
  5. nitroglycol
  6. nitroguanidine
  7. nitroguanidines
  8. nitroheterocycle
  9. nitroheterocycles
  10. nitroheterocyclic
  11. nitroheterocyclics

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