Words Starting With NIT
Here's the list of all the 140 Words Starting With NIT in the English Language.
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| nitrogen | 1. a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues More Definitions → |
| nitrate | 1. any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) 2. treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate More Definitions → |
| nitric | 1. of or containing nitrogen More Definitions → |
| nitrous | 1. of or containing nitrogen More Definitions → |
| nit | 1. a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source 2. egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing More Definitions → |
| nitrite | 1. the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid) More Definitions → |
| nitride | 1. a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal) More Definitions → |
| nitrile | 1. any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN More Definitions → |
| nitroglycerin | 1. 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) More Definitions → |
| nitrocellulose | 1. a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives More Definitions → |
| nitrification | 1. the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound) 2. the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants) More Definitions → |
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