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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.