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ballistite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ballistite has 1 sense
- ballistite(n = noun.substance) smokeless powder - an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant; Array is a kind of explosive
CIDE DICTIONARY
ballistite, n. [See Ballista.].
A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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