ni·tro·cel·lu·lose 
(nī′trō-sĕlyə-lōs′, -lōz′)
(nī′trō-sĕlyə-lōs′, -lōz′)n.
Any of various pulpy or cottonlike polymers derived from cellulose treated with nitric and sulfuric acids and used in the manufacture of explosives, lacquers, collodion, celluloid, plastics, and solid monopropellants. Physical properties and use vary with varying nitrogen content of the substance. Also called cellulose nitrate, guncotton, pyroxylin.
ni′tro·cel′lu·losic (-lōsĭk, -zĭk) adj.
- close/shutthe door on
- closet
- closet drama
- closeted
- closetful
- close the book on
- close to heart
- close to home bone
- close to home/the bone
- close to/near the wind
- close to one's heart
- close to the bone
- close to the wind
- close to the wind
- close-up
- closing
- closing
- clostridial
- clostridium
- closure
- clot
- cloth
- clothbound
- clothe
- clothes