niter

English

Alternative forms

nitre (Standard UK spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum, from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron).

Noun

niter (countable and uncountable, plural niters)

(obsolete) Sodium carbonate.
(US, chemistry) A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.

Derived terms

terms derived from niter (noun)

nitracrol
Nitralloy
nitramidin
nitran
nitraniline
nitranisic
nitrate

niter bush
nitridation
nitriding
nitrile
nitrion
nitrite
nitryl

Related terms

terms related to niter (noun)

nitric
nitrifaction
nitrify

See also

niter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

“Niter” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
niter mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

Anagrams

Terni, Tiner, inert, inter, inter-, nitre, riten., terin, trine

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