hexanitrodiphenylamine
noun
hexa·ni·tro·diphenylamine
¦heksə¦nī‧trō+
: a light-yellow poisonous crystalline compound [(NO2)3C6H2]2NH made by nitrating diphenylamine and used as a high explosive
called also dipicrylamine
see aurantia
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary hexa- + nitro- + diphenylamine