Associations to the word «Saltpeter»

Wiktionary

SALTPETER, noun. (US) Alternative spelling of saltpetre

Dictionary definition

SALTPETER, noun. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King