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Definition: Niter |
NiterNoun1. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "niter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | An orthorhombic mineral, 4[KNO3 ] ; water soluble; has a cooling salty taste; a product of nitrification in most arable soils in hot, dry regions, and in the loose earth forming the floors of some natural caves.CF:nitratine. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: NiterSynonyms: nitre (n), potassium nitrate (n), saltpeter (n), saltpetre (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pungency | Mustard, cayenne, caviare; seasoning. (condiment); niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness) a; carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts; hartshorn (acridity) a. |
Saltiness | Niter, saltpeter, brine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Niter |
| English words defined with "niter": Amadou ♦ Bengal light, Black flux ♦ Chili salpeter ♦ Deflagrable, Deflagrate, Dulcified spirit ♦ fulminic acid ♦ Haloxyline ♦ Indian fire ♦ Moxa ♦ Niter bush, Nitratine, Nitriary, Nitriferous, Nitro-, Nitrum ♦ Polychrest salt, Portfire, Prunella salt ♦ soda niter, Spirit of nitrous ether, Sweet spirits of niter ♦ White flux. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "niter": deflagrating mixture ♦ haloxylin ♦ niter cake ♦ spirits of niter. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "niter": Nitriary, Nitric, Nitrite, nitrogen, Nitrous. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Photographed in middle age. During the Civil War, he was Assistant Superintendent of the Confederate States' Cooper River Niter Works, near Charleston, South Carolina. He was also in charge of the design and construction of "David" type torpedo boats at Charleston.Credit: NAVY. |
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Expressions using "niter": cubic niter ♦ Niter bush ♦ soda niter ♦ sweet spirit of niter ♦ sweet spirits of niter. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
niter real estate | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "niter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nitrat potasiumi (nitre, nitrite), nitrat natriumi (nitre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نترات الصوديوم (nitrate, nitre, saltpeter, saltpetre), النتر نترات البوتاسيوم (nitre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | селитра (nitre, saltpeter, saltpetre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 硝. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | salpeter (potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter), kaliumnitrat (potash nitre, potassium nitrat, potassium nitrate, salpetre, saltpeter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | salpeter (potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter, soda niter, soda nitre, sodium nitrate), kaliumnitraat (potash nitre, potassium nitrat, potassium nitrate, salpetre, saltpeter), kalisalpeter (potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaliumnitraatti (E252, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, potassium nitrate, salpetre, saltpeter), kalisalpietari (potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nitrate de potasse (potash nitre, potassium nitrat), salpêtre (potash nitre, potassium nitrat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Salpeter (nitre, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter, saltpetre, soda niter, soda nitre, sodium nitrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νιτρικό κάλιο (potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter, saltpetre), νίτρο (nitre, soda niter, soda nitre, sodium nitrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | salétrom (nitre, saltpeter, saltpetre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nitro (nitre, saltpeter), nitrato di potassio (potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iternay nitro (nitre, saltpeter, saltpetre), nitrato de potássio (E252, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, potassium nitrate, salpetre, saltpeter, saltpetre), salitre (nitre, saltpeter, saltpetre), lêndea, KNO3 (potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter). (various references) azotat de potasiu (nitre). (various references) селитра (nitre, saltpeter, saltpetre). (various references) šalitra (nitre, saltpeter, saltpetre). (various references) salitre (nitre, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter, saltpetre), nitro (nitre, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter, soda niter, soda nitre, sodium nitrate). (various references) "ินประสิว (nitrate of potassium, nitre). (various references) potasyum nitrat (nitre), güherçile (nitre, saltpeter, saltpetre). (various references) селітра (nitre, saltpeter, saltpetre), нітрувати (nitrate, nitre, nitrify, nitrogenize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 2, Verse 22 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ean apoplunh en nitrw kai plhqunhV seauth poan kekhlidwsai en taiV adikiaiV sou enantion emou legei kurioV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si laveris te nitro et multiplicaveris tibi herbam borith maculata es in iniquitate tua coram me dicit Dominus Deus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If thou wasshe thee with `clensing cley, and multeplie to thee `the clensende erbe boreth, thou art defoulid with thi wickidnesse bifor me, seith the Lord God. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For though thou shalt wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thy iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God. |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 2, Verse 22 |
| Bulgarian | Затова, ако и да се умиеш с луга И да употребиш много сапун, Пак твоето беззаконие си остава петно пред Мене, Казва "оспод Иеова. |
| Cebuano | Kay bisan pa manghugas ka ug lejia, ug mogamit ka ug daghang sabon, apan ang imong kasal-anan nahapatik na sa akong atubangan, nagaingon ang Ginoo nga si Jehova. |
| Chinese | 雖 " 鹼 、 多 " 肥 皂 洗 濯 、 罪 孽 的 痕 跡 、 仍 然 在 我 面 前 顯 出 ． 這 是 主 耶 ' 華 說 的 。 |
| Croatian | Da se i lužinom opereš, napravljenom od mnogo pepela, ostat æe mrlja bezakonja tvoga preda mnom" - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda. |
| Danish | Om du end tor dig med Lud og ødsler med Sæbe, jeg ser dog din Brødes Snavs, så lyder det fra HERREN. |
| Dutch | Want, al wiest gij u met salpeter, en naamt u veel zeep, zo is toch uw ongerechtigheid voor Mijn aangezicht getekend, spreekt de Heere HEERE. |
| Finnish | Vaikka pesisit itsesi saippualla ja käyttäisit paljon lipeätä, saastaiseksi jää sittenkin sinun syntisi minun edessäni, sanoo Herra, Herra. |
| French | Quand tu te laverais avec du nitre, Quand tu emploierais beaucoup de potasse, Ton iniquité resterait marquée devant moi, Dit le Seigneur, l`Éternel. |
| German | Und wenn du dich gleich mit Lauge wüschest und nähmest viel Seife dazu, so gleißt doch deine Untugend desto mehr vor mir, spricht der HERR HERR. |
| Haitian Creole | Ou te mèt lave kò ou ak gwo savon, ou te mèt fwote kò ou ak potas, m'ap toujou wè kras malpwòpte ou yo sou ou. Se mwen menm Seyè a, Bondye a, ki di sa. |
| Hungarian | Még ha lúgban mosakodnál is, vagy szappanodat megsokasítanád is, feljegyezve marad a te álnokságod elõttem, mondja az Úr Isten. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sekali pun engkau mandi dengan memakai sabun banyak sekali, namun noda-noda kesalahanmu masih terlihat juga oleh-Ku. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena jikalau kiranya engkau membasuhkan diri dengan sendawa, ditambahi pula dengan banyak sabun, niscaya kejahatanmu juga nyatalah di hadapan pemandangan-Ku; demikianlah firman Tuhan. |
| Italian | Anche se ti lavassi con la soda e usassi molta potassa, davanti a me resterebbe la macchia della tua iniquit . Oracolo del Signore. |
| Korean | 주 여 호 와 내 가 말 하 노 라 ! 네 가 잿 물 로 스 스 로 " 으 며 수 다 한 비 누 를 " 지 라 도 네 죄 악 이 오 히 내 앞 에 그 있 으 리 니 |
| Maori | Ahakoa i horoi koe i a koe ki te houra, a nui noa tau hopi, e mau ana ano tou he ki toku aroaro, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa. |
| Modern Greek | "ια τουτο και εαν πλυθης με νιτρον και πληθυνης εις σεαυτον το σμηγμα, η ανομια σου μενει σεσημειωμενη ενωπιον μου, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος. |
| Norwegian | For om du enn vilde tvette dig med pottaske og bruke meget lut, så skulde dog din misgjerning være skitten for mitt åsyn, sier Herren, Israels Gud. |
| Portuguese | Pelo que, ainda que te laves com salitre, e uses muito sabão, a mancha da tua iniqüidade está diante de mim, diz o Senhor Deus. |
| Rumanian | Chiar dacq te-ai spqla cu silitrq, chiar dacq ai da cu multq sodq, nelegiuirea ta tot ar rqmknea scrisq knaintea Mea, zice Domnul, Dumnezeu.` |
| Russian | рПУЕНХ, ИПФС 'Щ ФЩ ХНЩМУС НЩМПН Й НОПЗП Х ПФТЕ'ЙМ ОБ УЕ'С ЭЕМПЛХ, ОЕЮЕУФЙЕ ФЧПЕ ПФНЕЮЕОП ТЕ"П нОПА, ЗПЧПТЙФ зПУ П"Ш вПЗ. |
| Spanish | El Señor Jehovah dice: "Aunque te laves con lejía y amontones jabón sobre ti, la mancha de tu pecado permanecerá delante de mí. |
| Swedish | Ja, om du ock tvår dig med lutsalt och tager än så mycken såpa, så förbliver dock din missgärning oren inför mig, säger Herren, HERREN. |
| Thai | องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าพระเจ้าตรัสว่า "ถึงแม้ว่าเจ้าชำระตัว"้วยน้ำ"่าง และใช้สบู่มาก แต่รอยเปื้อนความชั่วช้าของเจ้าก็ยังปรากฏอยู่ต่อหน้าเรา |
| Ukrainian | Тому то хоч би ти й помилася лугом, і мила багато собі зажила б, проте плямою буде вина твоя перед обличчям Моїм, говорить "осподь Бог! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "niter": niterie, niteries, niters, nitery. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "niter": igniter, reuniter, uniter. (additional references) | |
Words containing "niter": igniters, reuniters, uniters. (additional references) | |
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"Niter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Inteq, interf, intero, interp, interr, interv, interw, intr, intre, intueor, naiter, nater, natery, natir, nator, natrel, Neifer, neiter, nesher, netir, netjer, Netzer, newter, niber, nicher, nicta, nider, Nier, Nierc, Niert, niet, niete, nifer, nighter, niler, nipter, nitar, nite, nited, nitee, niten, nitere, nitery, nitey, nithe, niti, nitr, nitre, nitrex, nitti, nitu, Nitze, nixer, nizer, Noiret, noite, noter, notter, ntr, Nyberg, Nyte, Nytim, Nytorv, ziter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: inert, inter, nitre, trine. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: nite, rein, rent, rite, tern, tier, tine, tire. | |
-2 letters: ern, ire, net, nit, rei, ret, rin, ten, tie, tin. | |
-3 letters: en, er, et, in, it, ne, re, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: cretin, engirt, entire, estrin, hinter, inerts, insert, intern, inters, invert, linter, minter, niters, nitery, nitres, norite, orient, pterin, ratine, reknit, remint, retain, retina, retine, retint, rident, sinter, tinder, tinier, tinker, tinner, tinter, tonier, triene, triens, trined, trines, triune, twiner, uniter, winter. | |
+2 letters: anestri, antired, antsier, arenite, bittern, bornite, centric, ceratin, certain, cistern, cithern, cithren, citrine, cittern, cointer, creatin, cretins, crinite, detrain, dextrin, enteric, enticer, entires, entrain, entries, estrins, fainter, genitor, gittern, granite, gratine, hairnet, hinters, igniter, inciter, inditer, inearth, inertia, inertly, ingrate, inherit, inserts, integer, interim, interne, interns, intoner, intreat, intrude, inverts, inviter, iterant, jointer, keratin, kernite, knitter, latrine, linters, lintier, metring, minaret, minster, minters, mintier, minuter, nastier, nattier, neither, neritic, nettier, niftier, niterie, nitrate, nitride, nitrile, nitrite, nittier, norites, noticer, nutsier, nuttier, oestrin, orients, painter, pertain, pointer, printed, printer, protein, pterins, raiment, ratines, ratline, reinter, reknits, reliant, remints, rentier, renting, repaint, reprint, resting, retains, rethink, retinae, retinal, retinas, retines, retinol, retints, retinue, retrain, retsina, retting, retying, reunite, ringent, ringlet, routine, ruinate, runtier, sinters, snifter, stainer, stearin, stinger, stinker, stinter, stonier, striven, tacrine, tangier, taurine, tawnier, tearing, teenier, tendril, tentier, terming, termini, ternion, terrain, terrine, tertian, therein, thinker, thinner, thriven, tiering, tinders, tindery, tingler, tinkers, tinkler, tinners, tinnier, tinters, tinware, trained, trainee, trainer, treeing, trenail, tribune, trident, trienes, trindle, trinket, tritone, triunes, tropine, trueing, turbine, turdine, twiners, twinier, uniters, unmiter, unmitre, untired, untried, uranite, urinate, uterine, venturi, vintner, vitrine, winters, wintery, writhen, written, zithern. | |
+3 letters: acentric, aerating, aeration, alerting, altering, angriest, animater, ankerite, anointer, anoretic, anterior, antherid, antihero, antimere, antiquer, antirape, antisera, antiwear, anuretic, aperient, arenites, argentic, arointed, arsenite, artiness, astringe, atrazine, atropine, attainer, auntlier, averting, bacterin, banister, baritone, barniest, berating, berthing, bitterns, bornites, braunite, brighten, briniest, canister, carinate, catering, ceinture, centiare, centring, centrism, centrist, centroid, ceratins, christen, cincture, cisterna, cisterns, citherns, cithrens, citrines, citterns, clarinet, cointers, concerti, contrite, contrive, corniest, craniate, creatine, creating, creatins, creation, cresting, crinites, daintier, dendrite, derating, detainer, detrains, dextrine, dextrins, dicentra, dipteran, dipteron, diriment, disinter, doctrine, dormient, earthing, elaterin, emigrant, enlister, enormity, entailer, entering, enticers, entirely, entirety, entrails, entrains, entropic, enuretic, erecting, erection, eructing, erupting, eruption, esurient, eternise, eternity, eternize, everting, exerting, exertion, fainters, ferniest, ferritin, flintier, frenetic, fretting, frighten, frontier, ganister, gantries, genitors, geniture, gentrice, gentries, gentrify, gerontic, gitterns, gnattier, gradient, granites, gratinee, greeting, grievant, hairnets, hearting, hereinto, herniate, horniest, igniters, incenter, inceptor, inciters, increate, indenter, indentor, indicter, indirect, inditers, indurate, inearths, inerrant, inertiae, inertial, inertias, inexpert, infecter, infector, infester, inflater, ingather, ingrates, inherent, inherits, injector, inserted, inserter, insetter, insister, instroke, insulter, integers, integral, intender, intenser, interact, interage, interbed, intercom, intercut, interest, interims, interior, interlap, interlay, intermit, intermix, internal, interned, internee, internes, interred, interrex, interrow, intersex, intertie, interval, interwar, inthrone, intoners, intorted, intranet, intreats, intrench, intrepid, intrigue, introrse, intruded, intruder, intrudes, inturned, inventer, inventor, inverity, inverted, inverter, invertor, investor, inviters, iterance, jauntier, jetliner, jointers, jointure, keratins, kernites, knitters, knitwear, knottier, latrines, lientery, listener, marinate, martinet, meriting, metering, minarets, minister, minsters, minstrel, misenter, misentry, misinter, mitering, motioner, mutineer, navicert, necrotic, neoteric, nephrite, nerdiest, nerviest, nettlier, neuritic, neuritis, neurotic, neutrino, niteries, nitrated, nitrates, nitrided, nitrides, nitriles, nitrites, nitrogen, notaries, notarize, noticers, notifier, nutrient, obtainer, oestrins, oneriest, ordinate, oriental, oriented, ornithes, orpiment, outliner, overthin, painters, paintier, pantries, perianth, pertains, petering, pinaster, pointers, pointier, porniest, precinct, prentice, preprint, pretrain, preunite, printers, printery, pristane, pristine, proteins, prurient, quainter, quitrent, raiments, rainiest, randiest, rangiest, ratanies, rationed, ratlines, reacting, reaction, reanoint, reattain, rebating, reciting, redating, reenlist, reesting, refuting, regiment, reignite, reincite, reindict, reinduct, reinfect, reinject, reinsert, reinters, reinvent, reinvest, reinvite, relating, relation, remating, reminted, remotion, renitent, renotify, rentiers, reobtain, reorient, repaints, reprints, reputing, resident, resinate, resiting, restrain, restring, retained, retainer, retaking, retaping, retaxing, retching, rethinks, reticent, retiling, retiming, retinals, retinene, retinite, retinoid, retinols, retinted, retinued, retinues, retinula, retirant, retiring, retrains, retrying, retsinas, retuning, retyping, reunited, reuniter, reunites, revoting, ringlets, riveting, routines, rudiment, ruinated, ruinates, ruminate, runniest, runtiest, ruthenic, scantier, seatrain, secretin, senorita, sentries, serenity, serotine, silenter, sinister, sintered, sirvente, snifters, snitcher, snootier, snottier, snoutier, spinster, splinter, sprinted, sprinter, squinter, stainers, stearine, stearins, steering, sterling, sternite, stingers, stingier, stinkers, stinkier, stinters, strained, strainer, straiten, strewing, stricken, stridden, strident, stringed, stringer, tabering, taborine, tacrines, tanglier, tapering, taurines, teensier, tendrils, tenorist, tenorite, tenurial, terminal, terminus, ternions, terpenic, terpinol, terrains, terrapin, terrines, tertians, theremin, thermion, thinkers, thinners, thirteen, thornier, timeworn, tincture, tinglers, tinglier, tinkered, tinkerer, tinklers, tinklier, tinwares, towering, trainees, trainers, trainmen, tramline, trapline, treading, treating, trebling, treenail, trekking, trenails, trendier, trendies, trendily, trending, trephine, triangle, triazine, tribunes, tricorne, tridents, triennia, trientes, trigness, trimness, trindled, trindles, trinkets, triplane, triptane, tritones, tropines, trotline, turbines, turnpike, twangier, twinkler, tyramine, tyrosine, unbitter, underlit, unerotic, unitizer, unmiters, unmitred, unmitres, unripest, untidier, uranites, urbanite, urinated, urinates, uttering, venturis, veratrin, vintager, vintners, virulent, vitrines, watering, whitener, wintered, winterer, winterly, wintrier, wresting, zitherns. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .. - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 0074 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4875867184 |
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