Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
nitency |
noun |
Brightness; luster., Endeavor; rffort; tendency. |
nithing |
noun |
See Niding. |
nitrate |
noun |
A salt of nitric acid. |
nitride |
noun |
A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride. |
nitrify |
verb t. |
To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification. |
nitrile |
noun |
Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia. |
nitrite |
noun |
A salt of nitrous acid. |
nitrose |
adjective |
See Nitrous. |
nitrous |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it., Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds. |
nittily |
adverb |
Lousily. |