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gelignite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gelignite has 1 sense
- gelignite(n = noun.artifact) gelly - a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate; Array is a kind of dynamite
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gelignite, n. an explosive made from nitroglycerine, cellulose nitrate, sodium nitrate, and wood pulp.
Etymology
GELATIN + L ignis fire + -ITE(1)
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