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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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
Fool concerning explosive compound Mirror Cryptic 19 Mar 2024
Chemical of growing importance (5)
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 19 Mar 2024
Fertiliser unit, remaining in situ (5)
Ban it, reportedly some of it can explode (5)
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 17 Feb 2024
Fool concerning explosive compound Mirror Cryptic 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)
Gunpowder ingredient Mirror Quick 27 Dec 2023
Fool gets engineers explosive ingredient Mirror Cryptic 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 LA Times Daily 24 Jul 2020
Saltpetre The Washington Post 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
Brit's saltpeter
Fertiliser component
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
Gunpowder ingredient, to Guy Fawkes
Saltpeter, to a Brit
Saltpeter (Var.)
Brit's saltpeter
Gunpowder ingredient, to a Brit
Saltpeter, to a Brit
Saltpeter, to a Brit
British importation
Gunpowder ingredient
Saltpeter
Saltpeter, to a Brit
Saltpeter, to a Brit
Saltpeter, in Salisbury
Saltpeter in Salisbury
Ingredient in the Gunpowder Plot?
Saltpeter in Devon
Saltpeter, in Salisbury
Gunpowder compound, in Gloucester
Chile export
Saltpeter: Brit.
Gunpowder ingredient
British fertilizer
Saltpeter
Saltpeter: Brit.
Saltpeter, in Stratford
Saltpeter, in Salisbury
KN03
Potassium salt
Saltpeter, in Britain
British import from Chile
Saltpeter, to Englishmen
Londoner's saltpeter
Saltpeter, in Suffolk
Saltpeter, in England
Chile-to-England shipment
Saltpeter in Soho
Saltpeter, in Southampton
British import
Saltpeter, British style
Saltpeter
White salt
Sugar sand
Chilean export
Fertilizer salt.
Salt
Saltpetre.
Chilean export.
Chile export.
Saltpeter.
Chile's chief export.
Ingredient in fireworks.
Crystalline salt.
Ingredient of gunpowder.
Gunpowder ingredient.
Chemical salt.
Compound used as a food preservative.
Export of Chile.
Ingredient in gunpowder.
Sodium nitrate.
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