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Definition: Potassium Nitrate |
Potassium NitrateNoun1. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Potassium NitrateSynonyms: niter (n), nitre (n), saltpeter (n), saltpetre (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Potassium Nitrate |
| English words defined with "potassium nitrate": Chili salpeter ♦ gelignite, gelly, gunpowder ♦ powder. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "potassium nitrate": bellite, black blasting powder, black powder ♦ chlorate powder ♦ salitral. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The Asgard would never invent a weapon that propels small weights of iron and carbon alloys, by igniting a powder of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulphur. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright) | |
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| 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 |
potassium nitrate | 164 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "potassium nitrate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kaliumnitrat (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter), E252. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kaliumnitraat (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter), E252. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaliumnitraatti (E252, niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter), E 252 (E252). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nitrate de potassium, E252. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kaliumnitrat (E252, niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter), E252 (E252). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | potassio nitrato (E252), E252 (E252). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | creg hollan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otassiumpay itratenay nitrato de potássio estreme ou em mistura com sal (E252), nitrato de potássio (saltpeter, saltpetre), E252 (E252). (various references) калийная селитра. (various references) salpeter (nitre, nitric, salpetre), kaliumnitrat (E252), E 252 (E252). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Potassium Nitrate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: potassiam nitrate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-i-m-n-o-p-r-s-s-t-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: separationist, stationmaster. | |
-4 letters: impartations, impetrations, permutations, portmanteaus, reassumption, restitutions, superstation, superstition. | |
-5 letters: amputations, antimatters, antistories, aspirations, attenuators, automatists, estimations, impartation, impetration, importunate, imputations, instituters, institutors, maturations, monetarists, natatoriums, outpatients, parotitises, parsimonies, patrimonies, patriotisms, permutation, poinsettias, portmanteau, prostatitis, prostitutes, protestants, puritanisms, reputations, restitution, resumptions, sanatoriums, sanitariums, sanitoriums, saturations, separations, suprematist, suspiration, temptations, toastmaster, traumatises. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 74 61 73 73 69 75 6D 4E 69 74 72 61 74 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01110100 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01110101 01101101 00100000 01001110 01101001 01110100 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o t a s s i u m   N i t r a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0074 0061 0073 0073 0069 0075 006D 004E 0069 0074 0072 0061 0074 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508186678585758779248758684678671 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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