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Guncotton   /gˈənkˈɑtən/   Listen
Guncotton

noun
1.
A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives.  Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton.





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"Guncotton" Quotes from Famous Books



... blown up with powder, guncotton, and dynamite, or torn down by men armed with axes and ropes. All night long the struggle continued. Mayor Schmitz and Chief of Police Dinan, although without sleep for forty-eight hours, remained on the scene all night to assist army and navy ...
— Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror • Richard Linthicum


Words linked to "Guncotton" :   pyroxyline, blasting gelatin, cordite, celluloid, cellulose ester, nitrate, cellulose nitrate, pyroxylin, pyrocellulose


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