Associations to the word «Ballistite»

Wiktionary

BALLISTITE, noun. A smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, developed in the late 19th century.

Dictionary definition

BALLISTITE, noun. An explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca