nitrate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
nitrate
    n 1: any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt
         or ester of nitric acid)
    v 1: treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound
         into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating
         glycerol"
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.)
   A salt of nitric acid.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Nitrate of silver}, a white crystalline salt ({AgNO3}), used
      in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also
      {lunar caustic}, and more commonly called {silver
      nitrate}.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "nitrate":
      acetify, acidify, acidulate, alkalify, alkalize, ammonia, borate,
      carbonate, castor-bean meal, catalyze, chemical, chlorinate,
      commercial fertilizer, compost, dressing, dung, electrolyze,
      enrichener, ferment, fertilizer, guano, homopolymerize, hydrate,
      hydrogenate, hydroxylate, isomerize, manure, muck, night soil,
      nitrogen, organic fertilizer, oxidize, pepsinate, peroxidize,
      phosphate, phosphatize, polymerize, reduce, sulfate, sulfatize,
      sulfonate, superphosphate, work
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