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nitrify
nitrifying bacterium
nitrile
nitrile rubber
nitrite
nitrite bacterium
nitro
nitro-
nitroaniline
nitrobacterium
nitrobenzene
nitrocellulose
nitrochloroform
nitrofuran
nitrofurantoin
nitrogen
nitrogen balance
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nitrate
ni·trate [ n tràyt ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. chemistry chemical group: a salt or an ester of nitric acid
2. agriculture fertilizer: a fertilizer that consists of sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, or ammonium nitrate


transitive verb  (past and past participle ni·trat·ed, present participle ni·trat·ing, 3rd person present singular ni·trates)
Definition:
 
chemistry industry use nitrate on something: to treat something with a nitrate or nitric acid, usually in order to change an organic compound into a nitrate
[Late 18th century. < French< nitre "niter"]

ni·tra·tion [ nī tráysh'n ] noun
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