Synonyms for "nitrocellulose" (14 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)

cellulose nitratenitrocotton

cellulose nitrate

Strong matches (4)

flash papergun cottonguncotton

Noun(1 words)

gun cotton

Related words (7)

Noun(4 words)

guncottonncpyrocellulosepyroxylin

nitrocottonpyrocellulosepyroxylin

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

cellulose esternitrate

Synonyms

7 entries

cellulose nitrateflash papergun cottonguncottonnitrocottonpyrocellulosepyroxylin

derived

2 entries

nitrocellulosictrinitrocellulose

has context

1 entries

organic compound

is a

1 entries

chemical compound

receives action

1 entries

made from nitric acid and cotton

related to

6 entries

cellulosecollodioncottonexplosivenitric acidsulphuric acid

Translations

26 translations across 15 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• cotó pólvora noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Finnish

2 entries

• nitroselluloosa noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• selluloosanitraatti noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

French

2 entries

• fulmi-coton noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• nitrocellulose noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

German

4 entries

• Nitrozellulose noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• Pyroxylin noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• Schießbaumwolle noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• Zellulosenitrat noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Greek

1 entries

• νιτροκυτταρίνη noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Hungarian

2 entries

• cellulóz-nitrát noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• nitro-cellulóz noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Icelandic

1 entries

• sprengibómull noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Italian

2 entries

• fulmicoton noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• nitrocellulosa noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Manx

1 entries

• cadee gunney noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Polish

1 entries

• bawełna strzelnicza noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Portuguese

1 entries

• algodão-pólvora noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Romanian

2 entries

• nitrat de celuloză noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• nitroceluloză noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Spanish

4 entries

• algodón pólvora noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• fulmicotón noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• nitrocelulosa noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)
• piroxilina noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Swedish

1 entries

• cellulosanitrat noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

Vietnamese

1 entries

• nitroxeluloza noun (the chemical nitrocellulose)

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