nitrospan

Other forms of nitrospan

plural

nitrospans·

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 nitrospan

What does nitrospan mean?

nitrospan 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)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nitrospan?

nitrospan has 3 syllables: ni-tro-span. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for nitrospan?

Close synonyms include nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, 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 nitrospan a common word?

nitrospan 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.