nitreous
/ˈnʌɪtrɪəs/Chemistry. Now historical
adjective
Consisting of, containing, or of the nature of nitre.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Robert Hooke (1635–1703), natural philosopher. From nitre + -eous.
- reciprocate
- reciprocately
- reciprocating engine
- reciprocation
- reciprocative
- reciprocator
- reciprocatory
- reciprocitarian
- reciprocity
- reciprocity failure
- reciprocity law
- reciprocity theorem
- reciprocous
- reciprocy
- recircle
- recirculate
- recirculating ball
- recirculation
- recirculatory
- recision
- recissory
- recitable
- recital
- recitalist
- recitant