Associations to the word «Nitrocellulose»

Wiktionary

NITROCELLULOSE, noun. (organic compound) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.

Dictionary definition

NITROCELLULOSE, noun. A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats