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nitry

nitry adjective: nitrous.

Adjective

nitry (comparative more nitry, superlative most nitry)

  1. (obsolete) nitrous
    • nitry acid

Forms of nitry

comparativemore nitry
superlativemost nitry

Origin of nitry

From nitre + -y.

Questions about nitry

What does nitry mean?
Nitry means nitrous.
What part of speech is nitry?
Nitry is an adjective.

Words near nitry in the dictionary

  1. nitroxylene
  2. nitroxylenes
  3. nitroxyls
  4. nitrum
  5. nitrum flammans
  6. nitry
  7. nitryl
  8. nitryls
  9. nits
  10. Nitsche
  11. Nitsches

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