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  1. Nitro
    The -NO2 functional group. You may have heard of trinitrotoluene (TNT).
    Found on http://www.kcpc.usyd.edu.au/discovery/gl

  2. Nitro
    Nitro is a city partly in Putnam County and partly in Kanawha County West Virginia, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Nitro blue tetrazolium chloride
    `Nitro blue tetrazolium` is a chemical compound composed of two tetrazole moieties. It is used in immunology for sensitive detection of alkaline phosphatase (with BCIP). NBT serves as the oxidant and BCIP is the AP-substrate (and gives also dark blue dye). It is also used as an electron acceptor for colorimetric/spectrophotometric activity assays of oxireductases (such as the mitochondrial electron transport chain complexes). Also used as a diagn...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_blue_

  4. Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy
    `Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy` is the eleventh solo album from American musician Brian Setzer, released in 2003 on Surfdog Records. He said, when released, that it was the most personal record he'd ever done. He ventured away from his traditional 'hot rod rockabilly side' and wrote more about love (That Someone Just Ain't You), faith (St. Jude) and death (Sixty Years).
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_Burni

  5. Nitro class ammunition ship
    The `Nitro` class ammunition ships` are a class of three auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. They were among the first specialised underway replenishment ships built after the Second World War. These and the `Suribachi` class ammunition ships are sometimes considered to form a single class.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_class

  6. Nitro compound
    `Nitro compounds` are organic compounds that contain one or more `nitro` functional groups (-2). They are often highly explosive, especially when the compound contains more than one nitro group. The presence of impurities or improper handling can trigger a violent exothermic decomposition. Aromatic nitro compounds are typically synthesized by the action of a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids on a suitable organic molecule. Some examples of s...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_compo

  7. nitro compound
    any of a family of chemical compounds in which the nitro group (ONO) forms part of the molecular structure. The most common examples are organic ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/44

  8. nitro dye
    <chemical> Dye's in which the chromophore is -NO2, which is so acidic that all dyes in this group are of the acid type; important examples in cytoplasmic staining are picric acid and naphthol yellow S. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. nitro dye
    (from the article `dye`) Celliton Fast Yellow RR, C.I. Disperse Yellow 1, 10345, results from the condensation of 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene with 4-aminophenol. The process may ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/44

  10. nitro dyes
    dyes in which the chromophore is NO2, which is so acidic that all dyes in this group are of the acid type; important examples in cytoplasmic staining are picric acid and naphthol yellow S.
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  11. Nitro Express
    The `Nitro Express` series of cartridges are used in large-bore hunting rifles, also known as elephant guns or express rifles. They are named after the propellant they use, cordite, which is composed of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. The Nitro line is a straight-sided brass cartridge, and fire large diameter bullets. Some of the Nitro Express cartridges remain popular today, because of their effectiveness on dangerous game. The .470 NE is pe...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_Expre

  12. Nitro Girls
    The `Nitro Girls` were a dance team in World Championship Wrestling.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_Girls

  13. nitro group
    [n] - the group -NO3
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  14. nitro group
    noun the group -NO3
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. nitro group
    (from the article `Physical Sciences`) Many of the chemicals used in making medicines, plastics, and weed killers are made from anilines, molecules with an aromatic ring and amino group. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/45

  16. nitro group
    nitro group, in chemistry, functional group that consists of a nitrogen atom joined to two oxygen atoms. Compounds that contain a nitro group, e.g., picric acid and trinitrotoluene (TNT), are called nitro compounds; many nitro compounds are unstable and are used as explosives. As a result of the che...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08357

  17. Nitro Keg
    Nitro Keg is a strong copper-coloured dry ale from the Ash Vine brewery at Frome in Somerset.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  18. Nitro Mega Prayer
    `Nitro Mega Prayer` is a Screamo band from Japan, formed in 1999. They are best known for their 2005 release `Songs of Hypocrisy`, as well as concert tours in the US and Japan.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_Mega_

  19. Nitro Microphone Underground
    `Nitro Microphone Underground` is a Japanese hip hop group. The group appeared on the club scene in the late 1990s with members Dabo, Macka-chin, Deli, Suiken, Gore-Tex, S-Word, XBS, and Bigzam. Although Gore-tex appears on many songs on the Nitro Microphone album, he is credited under different names, including the alias `more-sex`. The name of the band is said to have been suggested by Macka-chin. They have done collaborations with Shakkazomb...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_Micro

  20. Nitro Nobel Gold Medal
    The `Nitro Nobel Gold Medal` is an explosives industry award given by the Nitro-Nobel Company of Sweden (now part of ). The medal is gold, and features the same obverse as the Nobel Prize, but a different reverse. The medal has sometimes been confused with the Nobel Prize, with which it shares some history. The award has only been given three times since its founding in 1967. The recipients are: * 1967 — Dr. Robert W. Van Dolah, for the d...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_Nobel

  21. Nitro PDF
    `Nitro PDF` is commercial software for creating and editing portable document format (PDF) files. The product is intended for the professional market and runs on Windows PCs. The base software features include creating PDFs from over 200 file types; viewing, searching and printing PDFs; drag and drop PDF creation; convert PDFs to Microsoft Word; combining into one PDF; reviewing documents with text notes, stamps, drawings, and markup tools; fill,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_PDF

  22. Nitro Records
    `Nitro Records` is an independent record label created and owned by Dexter Holland (lead singer and founder of The Offspring) and Greg Kriesel (bassist for the same band). They started the label in 1994. The label is famous for being an incubator for punk artists who have subsequently become successful, most notably AFI. The label has also released albums from classic punk bands, including The Damned and TSOL, and The Offspring have even used th...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_Recor

  23. nitro shooting
    a formation-stimulation process first used about a hundred years ago in Pennsylvania. Nitroglycerine is placed in a well and exploded to fracture the rock. Sand and gravel or cement is usually placed above the explosive charge to improve the efficiency of the shot. Nitro shooting has been largely replaced by formation fracturing.
    Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/n.htm

  24. Nitro Snowboards
    `Nitro Snowboards` was founded in 1990 in Seattle, Washington. All of Nitro's snowboards are designed in their design office in Seattle and manufactured in Austria. Their product range consists of snowboards, bindings, boots and softgoods. Nitro also has 3 side projects: , Raiden - more advanced and expensive line of their bindings and which is designed only for women. Some of the most famous team riders include: *Andreas Wiig *Marc Frank Montoy...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_Snowb

  25. Nitro-
    Ni'tro- 1. A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter . 2. (Chemistry) A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids , as nitro hydrochloric, nitro calcite; also, designating the group or radical NO 2 , or its compounds , as nitro benzene. Nitr ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/24


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