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14 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
originEtymology tree Egyptian nṯrjder. Semiticbor. Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron) English nitro- Ancient Greek γλῠκερός (glŭkerós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus French -in Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French -ine French glycérine English glycerine English nitroglycerine From…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- nitroglycerin 19
- enticingly 16
- glycerine 15
- cointerring 14
- retiringly 14
- renitency 14
- cogently 14
- glycerin 14
- electroing 13
- interiorly 13
- celerity 13
- cryolite 13