niter

Plural: niters

Noun

(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.
Native sodium carbonate; natron.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”). Doublet of natron and trona. Compare also natrium, nitrogen.

Synonyms

nitre, potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre

Scrabble Score: 5

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Words With Friends Score: 6

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