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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.