ballistite
/ˈbalɪstʌɪt/noun
A smokeless explosive (propellant) invented by Alfred Nobel in 1887, consisting of nitroglycerine and soluble nitrocellulose in roughly equal proportions, stabilized with camphor or (later) diphenylamine.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. From ballist- + -ite, after French balistite or its apparent etymon Italian balistite (although this is first attested slightly later: 1892).
- fall line
- fall-off
- fall off the back of a lorry
- fall on deaf ears
- fall on one's sword
- fall on (or upon)
- fall on stony ground
- fallopian tube
- fall (or drop) into someone's lap
- fall (or drop, or sink, etc.) to one's knees
- fall (or get) into the wrong hands
- fall out
- fallout
- fallout shelter
- fall over oneself to do something
- fallow
- fallow deer
- fallowness
- fall prey to
- fall prey to (also be or become prey to)
- Fall River
- fall short (of)
- fall through
- fall to
- fall to pieces