Word "NITRE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
Synonyms:
niter, potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre

Crossword Clues for NITRE

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Ingredient in gunpowder can upset Royal Engineers The Times Quick Cryptic 23 Aug 2025
Gunpowder ingredient (5) Mirror Quick 13 Aug 2025
Fool concerning explosive compound (5) Mirror Cryptic 13 Aug 2025
Gunpowder ingredient (5) Mirror Quick 31 Jul 2025
Fool concerning explosive compound (5) Mirror Cryptic 31 Jul 2025
Saltpetre The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 19 Jul 2025
Fertiliser tin lifted again (5)
Chemical certain to be returned decarbonised and inactive
Gunpowder constituent The Times Concise 06 May 2025
Interchange of chemical! (5)
Inert fertiliser (5)
Interchange saltpetre (5)
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 19 Mar 2025
Fool about with explosive stuff Mirror Cryptic 19 Mar 2025
Chemical could be tin again (5)
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 22 Feb 2025
Fool concerning explosive compound Mirror Cryptic 22 Feb 2025
Can get upset about chemical (5)
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 06 Feb 2025
Fool concerning explosive ingredient Mirror Cryptic 06 Feb 2025
Saltpetre The Sun Two Speed 02 Feb 2025
In ammunition it replaced explosive component The Sun Two Speed 02 Feb 2025
Mineral form of the chemical compound potassium nitrate, also known as saltpetre (5)
During the examination it revealed a chemical (5)
Fool concerning explosive ingredient Mirror Cryptic 04 Jan 2025
Gunpowder part Mirror Quick 04 Jan 2025
Another name for potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate (5)
Constituent of gunpowder also known as saltpetre The Times Specialist 02 Dec 2024
Disconcertingly returns the fertiliser (5)
Salt in ravioli, but never penne, ultimately The Times Cryptic 20 Nov 2024
Almost entire analysis of saltpetre (5)
I collect the rent - you keep the saltpetre!
Salt - inter (anag.) (5) The Guardian Quick 29 Oct 2024
Salt a€“ inter (anag.) (5)
How to inter one by using saltpetre
Can get a setback about chemical
Gunpowder component Mirror Quick 03 Oct 2024
Fool concerning explosive ingredient Mirror Cryptic 03 Oct 2024
Point to it again, this chemical (5)
How to inter it with saltpetre (5)
Saltpetre; inert (anag.) The Telegraph Plusword 20 Sep 2024
In Near East it's an explosive substance The Times Cryptic 16 Sep 2024
Though inert, perhaps, it is of growing importance (5)
Salt promotion - it requires curbing The Telegraph Toughie 03 Sep 2024
What is another name for saltpetre, a component of gunpowder? (5)
Potassium nitrate or saltpetre (5)
Saltpetre The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 23 Aug 2024
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 11 Aug 2024
Fool concerning explosive ingredient Mirror Cryptic 11 Aug 2024
Fool gives engineers saltpetre Mirror Cryptic 04 Aug 2024
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 04 Aug 2024
Explosive constituent, otherwise inert (5)
Component of gunpowder initially not including the real explosive (5)
Plant nutrient container is sent back again
As an ingredient of gunpowder, can be a bit disconcerting (5)
Fertiliser chemical - some spurn it religiously
Louse regarding saltpetre
Fertiliser can raised again (5)
Undisturbed when missing odd pieces for explosive component
When it reacts saltpetre may be extracted
Egg gives engineers explosive ingredient Mirror Cryptic 05 Jun 2024
Saltpetre is terribly inert (5)
Saltpetre The Telegraph Plusword 05 Jun 2024
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 05 Jun 2024
Get some saltpetre back from the desert inventory (5)
Chemical container returned about finished (5)
Reviewed sample of inert inorganic compound (5)
Saltpetre is awfully inert (5)
Fool engineers saltpetre (5)
What may be used as fertiliser, given it replenishes borders The Times Cryptic 18 May 2024
In composition it resembles saltpetre (5)
Idiot gets engineers an explosive compound Mirror Cryptic 24 Apr 2024
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 24 Apr 2024
Inert form of explosive ingredient
Fool regarding explosive ingredient Mirror Cryptic 06 Apr 2024
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 06 Apr 2024
Money returned regarding fertiliser ingredient
Inert form of chemical (5)
I accept rent for the use of saltpetre
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 19 Mar 2024
Chemical of growing importance (5)
Fool concerning explosive compound Mirror Cryptic 19 Mar 2024
Fertiliser unit, remaining in situ (5)
Ban it, reportedly some of it can explode (5)
Fool concerning explosive compound Mirror Cryptic 17 Feb 2024
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 17 Feb 2024
Egg on something explosive The Times Cryptic 05 Feb 2024
Saltpetre The Times Concise 08 Jan 2024
Section of unit retrieving saltpetre. (5)
Fool gets engineers explosive ingredient Mirror Cryptic 27 Dec 2023
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 27 Dec 2023
Fool engineers explosive compound Mirror Cryptic 13 Dec 2023
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 13 Dec 2023
Saltpetre The Telegraph Quick 01 Jul 2023
Explosive ingredient some disconcertingly brought round The Times Cryptic 11 Oct 2022
Compound that's inert? Wrong!
Salt stored up in larger tins
Another name for saltpetre The Times Specialist Sunday 09 Jan 2022
Saltpetre The Times Concise 21 Oct 2021
Saltpetre The Times Concise 02 Sep 2021
Mineral water: tiny upturned bottles
Inert compound becoming explosive
Chemical engineers needing some information first
Container brought back by soldiers for gunpowder constituent
Mineral also called saltpetre The Times Specialist Sunday 20 Dec 2020
Can — it reportedly contains salt
. Idiot about to make ingredient of rocket fuel
Saltpetre The Washington Post 24 Jul 2020
Saltpetre LA Times Daily 24 Jul 2020
Fool about to produce explosive component
Explosive container brought around by engineers The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jun 2020
It's among the last components of an older explosive
Inverting upside-down explosive
Preserving agent's bulletin: it recommends contracting
Salt somewhat disconcerting? Send it back
Fool around, producing explosive component
In action it resembles saltpetre
Salt on after egg
Clean it repeatedly, inside there is some salt
Gunpowder ingredient The Times Concise 04 Feb 2019
Fool soldiers in compound
Fool soldiers in compound
Fool about with explosive component
Chemical on egg – quite the reverse
Some exert influence over explosive constituent
Fool about to produce gunpowder ingredient
Explosive constituent found in container brought back by soldiers
It's salty and impertinent, in essence, having a comeback The Telegraph Toughie 19 Apr 2018
Component of gunpowder in egg laid by sappers The Telegraph Toughie 22 Nov 2017
Chemical surprisingly inert
Sort of inert saltpetre
Parasite on part of fertiliser?
Disconcertingly holds back gunpowder component
Fertiliser compound Premier Sunday 20 Nov 2016
Mineral used in gunpowder The Telegraph Quick 23 Aug 2016
Fool about with explosive material
1 in 3 regularly provides saltpetre
Somewhat disconcerting, turning up what goes into bangers
Saltpeter, to a Brit LA Times Daily 25 Jan 2016
Fool about to produce gunpowder ingredient The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Jan 2016
Saltpeter, to a Brit
Fool about with ingredient of gunpowder
Fool about with ingredient of gunpowder
Explosive ingredient is undisturbed, oddly ignored
Explosive ingredient added to biriani, treacherous
A little disconcerting about what goes into bangers The Telegraph Toughie 20 Mar 2015
Fool about to get explosive The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Feb 2015
Salt for two eggs, nothing less
Somewhat disconcerting, giving up salt
Fool about making some gunpowder
Saltpetre
Fertiliser component
Brit's saltpeter
Fertiliser ingredient
In trepidation, I treated saltpetre
In autumn it requires gunpowder ingredient
KNO3, in Britain
Fool about with saltpetre
Explosive component can upset engineers
Gunpowder ingredient, to a Brit
Saltpeter (Var.)
Saltpeter, to a Brit
Gunpowder ingredient, to Guy Fawkes
Brit's saltpeter
Gunpowder ingredient, to a Brit
Saltpeter, to a Brit
Saltpeter, to a Brit
British importation
Saltpeter
Gunpowder ingredient
Saltpeter, to a Brit
Saltpeter, in Salisbury
Saltpeter, to a Brit
Ingredient in the Gunpowder Plot?
Saltpeter in Devon
Saltpeter in Salisbury
Saltpeter, in Salisbury
Gunpowder compound, in Gloucester
Chile export
Saltpeter: Brit.
Saltpeter, in Stratford
British fertilizer
Gunpowder ingredient
Saltpeter
Saltpeter: Brit.
Saltpeter, in Salisbury
Potassium salt
KN03
Saltpeter, in Britain
British import from Chile
Saltpeter, to Englishmen
Londoner's saltpeter
Saltpeter, in Suffolk
Saltpeter, in England
Saltpeter in Soho
Chile-to-England shipment
Saltpeter, in Southampton
British import
Saltpeter, British style
Saltpeter
White salt
Sugar sand
Chile export.
Saltpeter.
Chile's chief export.
Ingredient in fireworks.
Ingredient of gunpowder.
Crystalline salt.
Gunpowder ingredient.
Export of Chile.
Compound used as a food preservative.
Chemical salt.
Chilean export
Sodium nitrate.
Ingredient in gunpowder.
Fertilizer salt.
Salt
Saltpetre.
Chilean export.
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