Associations to the word «Gelignite»

Wiktionary

GELIGNITE, noun. An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.

Dictionary definition

GELIGNITE, noun. A type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate.

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery