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nitromuriatic

nitromuriatic adjective: of, pertaining to, or composed of nitric acid and muriatic acid.

Adjective

nitromuriatic (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Of, pertaining to, or composed of nitric acid and muriatic acid
    • This Messrs. Greener and Straite allege they have effected by taking a quantity of lampblack or powdered charcoal, or of powdered coke, and which has been purified, by the action of electricity from sulphur and any other mixtures, and digesting the same in diluted nitro-muriatic acid.1846, editorial staff, “CHEMISTRY”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 102

Synonyms of nitromuriatic

Origin of nitromuriatic

From nitro- + muriatic.

Questions about nitromuriatic

What does nitromuriatic mean?
Nitromuriatic means of, pertaining to, or composed of nitric acid and muriatic acid.
What part of speech is nitromuriatic?
Nitromuriatic is an adjective.

Words near nitromuriatic in the dictionary

  1. nitromethanes
  2. nitromethyl
  3. nitromethyls
  4. nitrometric
  5. nitrometry
  6. nitromuriatic
  7. nitromusk
  8. nitromusks
  9. nitronaphthalene
  10. nitronaphthalenes
  11. nitronate

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