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nitroleum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ni-troleum
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nitroglycerine.

Archaic; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin nitrum (“natron”) + oleum (“oil”).

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Questions

What does nitroleum mean?
Nitroglycerine.
Where does nitroleum come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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