Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

nitrostarch

American  
[nahy-truh-stahrch] / ˈnaɪ trəˌstɑrtʃ /

noun

Chemistry.

  1. an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.

Etymology

Origin of nitrostarch

nitro- + starch

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.