Word Meanings - DETONATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.

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• NITER; NITRE
  A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.
• SULPHUR-BOTTOM
  A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
• SULPHURWORT
  The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.
• SULPHURY
  Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.
• SULPHURATION
  The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.
• SULPHUROUS
  1. Of or pertaining to sulphur. Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds. Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide,
• SUDDEN
  soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come unexpectedly, p.p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub under, 1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation;
• SUDDENTY
  Suddenness; a sudden. On a suddenty, on a sudden. Sir W. Scott.
• SULPHURYL
  The hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon. Sulphuryl chloride, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, SO2.Cl2, obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and
• SULPHUREOUS
  Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur. Her snakes united, sulphureous waters drink. Pope. -- Sul*phu"re*ous*ly, adv. -- Sul*phu"re*ous*ness, n.
• SULPHURING
  Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.
• REPORTAGE
  SAme as Report.
• SULPHUREITY
  The quality or state of being sulphureous. B. Jonson.
• REPORTER
  One who reports. Specifically: An officer or person who makees authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates. One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers. Of
• SULPHUR
  A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out.
• EXPLODENT
  1. An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive. 2. See Explosive, n.,
• SULPHURATE
  Sulphureous. Dr. H. More.
• REPORTINGLY
  By report or common fame.
• SULPHURETED
  sulphide, under Hydrogen.
• REPORTABLE
  Capable or admitting of being reported.
• UNITERABLE
  Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
• PROTOSULPHURET
  A protosulphide.
• MISREPORT
  To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
• SUPERSULPHURIZE
  To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.
• DESULPHURIZE
  To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur. -- De*sul`phur*i*za"tion, n.
• MONOSULPHURET
  See MONOSULPHIDE
• ETHYLSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid. Ethylsulphuric acid , an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4, produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process
• PERSULPHURET
  A persulphide.
• PYROSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also disulphuric acid) obtained by distillation of certain sulphates, as a colorless, thick, oily liquid, H2S2O7 resembling sulphuric acid. It is used in the solution of indigo, in the manufacture of
• BISULPHURET
  See BISULPHIDE