nitroglycerin

Other forms of nitroglycerin

plural

nitroglycerins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nitroglycerin

What does nitroglycerin mean?

nitroglycerin means "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)".

How many syllables are in nitroglycerin?

nitroglycerin has 5 syllables: ni-tro-glyc-e-rin. The stress falls on "glyc". In IPA it is /ˌnaɪtɹoʊˈɡlɪsɚən/.

What is another word for nitroglycerin?

Close synonyms include nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, Nitrostat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nitroglycerin a common word?

nitroglycerin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nitroglycerin?

1 word rhymes with nitroglycerin. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.