| NITRATED | • nitrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of nitrate. • nitrated adj. Reacted, or treated with, nitric acid or a nitrate. • nitrated adj. (Of photographic material) Treated with silver nitrate. |
| NITRATES | • nitrates n. Plural of nitrate. • NITRATE v. to treat with nitrates. |
| NITRATOR | • nitrator n. A reaction vessel in which nitration takes place. • nitrator n. A device for spreading nitrate fertilizer on the soil. • NITRATOR n. one that nitrates. |
| NITREOUS | • NITREOUS adj. as in nitreous silica, another name for quartz glass. |
| NITRIDED | • nitrided adj. Subjected to the nitriding process. • NITRIDE v. to convert into such a compound. |
| NITRIDES | • nitrides n. Plural of nitride. • NITRIDE v. to convert into such a compound. |
| NITRILES | • nitriles n. Plural of nitrile. • NITRILE n. any organic cyanide compound in which an alkyl group is directly attached to the carbon of a cyanide group, also NITRIL. |
| NITRITES | • nitrites n. Plural of nitrite. • NITRITE n. a salt of nitrous acid. |
| NITROGEN | • nitrogen n. (Uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067… • nitrogen n. (Uncountable) Molecular nitrogen (N2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature. • nitrogen n. (Countable) A specific nitrogen atom within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen. |
| NITROLIC | • nitrolic adj. Of or pertaining to nitrolic acid. • NITROLIC adj. pertaining to a class of acids. |
| NITROSYL | • nitrosyl n. (Inorganic chemistry) The univalent radical -NO. • NITROSYL n. the radical NO, called also the nitroso group. |
| NITROXES | • NITROX n. a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, used in underwater breathing apparatus. |
| NITROXYL | • nitroxyl n. Aminoxyl. • NITROXYL n. the group NO2, usually called the nitro group, also NITRYL. |