nitrogen-fixing
— Adjective
– English
～ contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation
nitrogenase
— Noun
– English
～ an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia
nitrogenise
— Verb
– English
～ treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
nitrogenize
— Verb
– English
～ treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
nitrogenous
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to or containing nitrogen
nitroglycerin
— Noun
– English
～ 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)
nitroglycerine
— Noun
– English
～ 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)
nitrohydrochloric acid
— Noun
– English
～ a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)
nitrosobacteria
— Noun
– English
～ soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
Nitrosomonas
— Noun
– English
～ ellipsoidal soil bacteria
Nitrospan
— Noun
– English
～ 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)
Nitrospan
— Noun
– English
～ trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris
Nitrostat
— Noun
– English
～ 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)
Nitrostat
— Noun
– English
～ trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris
nitrous bacteria
— Noun
– English
～ soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
nitrous bacterium
— Noun
– English
～ any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites
nitrous acid
— Noun
– English
～ an unstable inorganic acid known only in solution and as nitrite salts
nitrous
— Adjective
– English
～ of or containing nitrogen; "nitric acid"
nitty-gritty
— Noun
– English
～ the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
nitweed
— Noun
– English
～ annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers