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nitroleum

nitroleum noun: nitroglycerine.

Noun

nitroleum (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Nitroglycerine.

Origin of nitroleum

From Latin nitrum (“natron”) + oleum (“oil”).

Questions about nitroleum

What does nitroleum mean?
Nitroleum means nitroglycerine.
What part of speech is nitroleum?
Nitroleum is a noun.

Words near nitroleum in the dictionary

  1. nitroindoline
  2. nitroindolines
  3. nitrokeg
  4. nitrokegs
  5. nitrol
  6. nitroleum
  7. nitrolic
  8. nitrolic acid
  9. nitrolic acids
  10. nitrolim
  11. nitrolime

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