Nitriary :: Nitriary (n.) An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2..
Nitric :: Nitric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid..
Nitride :: Nitride (n.) A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride..
Nitriferous :: Nitriferous (a.) Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter..
Nitrification :: Nitrification (n.) The act, process, or result of combining with nitrogen or some of its compounds..
Nitrification :: Nitrification (n.) The act or process of oxidizing nitrogen or its compounds so as to form nitrous or nitric acid.
Nitrification :: Nitrification (n.) A process of oxidation, in which nitrogenous vegetable and animal matter in the presence of air, moisture, and some basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into nitrates..
Nitrifier :: Nitrifier (n.) An agent employed in nitrification.
Nitrify :: Nitrify (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification..
Nitrile :: Nitrile (n.) Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia..