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Pyroxyline

Definition: Pyroxyline

Pyroxyline

Noun

1. Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Pyroxyline

Synonym: pyroxylin (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Pyroxyline

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Arms

High explosive; trinitrotoluene, TNT; dynamite, melinite, cordite, lyddite, plastic explosive, plastique; pyroxyline.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translation: Pyroxyline

Language Translations for "pyroxyline"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

低氮硝化纤维 (pyroxylin). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πυροξυλίνη (pyroxylin). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

yroxylinepay

   

Romanian

  

piroxilinã (pyroxylin). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

piroxilina (pyroxylin). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Pyroxyline

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-o-p-r-x-y-y"

-1 letter: pyroxylin.

-3 letters: polynyi, proline, pronely.

-4 letters: expiry, neroli, openly, orpine, peroxy, pinery, pinole, plexor, poleyn, prolix, pylori, pyrone, ripely, ropily.

-5 letters: eloin, enrol, epoxy, irone, irony, liner, liney, loner, loper, nerol, noily, oiler, olein, onery, opine, oriel, orpin, oxlip, pelon, peony, peril, piney, pixel, plier, plyer, poler, porny, prexy, prion, prole, prone, proxy, pylon.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-o-p-r-x-y-y"
 

+4 letters: hydroxyproline.

 

+5 letters: hydroxyprolines.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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