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Admonitrix :: Admonitrix (n.) A female admonitor.

Denitrification :: Denitrification (n.) The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen..

Denitrify :: Denitrify (v. t.) To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen..

Hyponitrite :: Hyponitrite (n.) A salt of hyponitrous acid.

Janitrix :: Janitrix (n.) A female janitor.

Monitrix :: Monitrix (n.) A female monitor.

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..

Nitrified :: Nitrified (imp. & p. p.) of Nitrif.

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..

Nitrifying :: Nitrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nitrif.

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..

Nitrite :: Nitrite (n.) A salt of nitrous acid.