uninflammable
- a word derived from inflammable.
Example Sentences
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By an unusual combination of circumstances the bill fell into the hands of uninflammable men.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brown, of Woolwich Arsenal, discovered that perfectly wet and uninflammable compressed gun-cotton could be easily detonated by the detonation of a priming charge of the dry material in contact with it.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
Nitrogen by itself is an inert gas, colorless and uninflammable.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
In men, too, the same merciless perspicacity sometimes shows itself—men recognized to be more aloof and uninflammable than the general—men of special talent for the logical—sardonic men, cynics.
From In Defense of Women by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
It is uninflammable, and does not support combustion or animal respiration.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
