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Nitrous :: Nitrous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it..

Ricinelaidin :: Ricinelaidin (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid..

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..

Nitry :: Nitry (a.) Nitrous.

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

Oxidize :: Oxidize (v. t.) To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid..

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..

#NAME? :: -ite () A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end in -ous; as, sulphite, from sulphurous; nitrite, from nitrous acid, etc..

Nitrous :: Nitrous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds..

Hyponitrous :: Hyponitrous (a.) Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds.

Nitrose :: Nitrose (a.) See Nitrous.

Nitranilic :: Nitranilic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid produced as a white crystalline substance by the action of nitrous acid on hydroquinone..

Azotous :: Azotous (a.) Nitrous; as, azotous acid..

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

Nitrification :: Nitrification (n.) The act or process of oxidizing nitrogen or its compounds so as to form nitrous or nitric acid.

#NAME? :: -ous () A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc..

Azotite :: Azotite (n.) A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite..

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