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6 words match “NITRIFICATION”

NITRIFICATION n. 3 definitions
The act, process, or result of combining with nitrogen or some of its compounds.
DENITRIFICATION n.
The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.
NITRIARY n.
An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2.
NITRIFIER n.
An agent employed in nitrification.
NITRIFY v.
gen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.
SALTPETER; SALTPETRE n.
taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant. Chili salpeter (C…