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nitrophilic

nitrophilic adjective: synonym of nitrophilous.

Adjective

nitrophilic (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of nitrophilous.
    Synonyms:
    nitrophilous

Synonyms of nitrophilic

Origin of nitrophilic

From nitro- + -philic.

Words formed from nitrophilic

Questions about nitrophilic

What does nitrophilic mean?
Nitrophilic means synonym of nitrophilous.
What part of speech is nitrophilic?
Nitrophilic is an adjective.

Words near nitrophilic in the dictionary

  1. nitrophenylphosphatase
  2. nitrophenylphosphatases
  3. nitrophenyls
  4. nitrophile
  5. nitrophiles
  6. nitrophilic
  7. nitrophilous
  8. nitrophily
  9. nitrophobic
  10. nitrophobous
  11. nitrophorin

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