Associations to the word «Nitroglycerin»

Wiktionary

NITROGLYCERIN, noun. Alternative spelling of nitroglycerine

Dictionary definition

NITROGLYCERIN, noun. A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat).

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