niter

English

Alternative forms

• nitre (Standard UK spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum, from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron).

Noun

niter (countable and uncountable, plural niters)

1. (obsolete) Sodium carbonate.
2. (US, inorganic chemistry) A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.

Derived terms

terms derived from niter (noun)

• nitracrol
• Nitralloy
• nitramidin
• nitran
• nitraniline
• nitranisic
• nitrate

• niter bush
• nitridation
• nitriding
• nitrile
• nitrion
• nitrite
• nitryl

Related terms

terms related to niter (noun)

• nitric
• nitrifaction
• nitrify

• nitrogen
• nitrous

See also

• niter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Niter”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “niter”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• Terni, Tiner, inert, inter, inter-, nitre, riten., terin, trine