nitro

Containing the nitro group.

Adjective

  1. Containing the nitro group.
    • Nitro compounds tend to be unstable and often explosive.

Related

nitro-

Derived

nitro acid nitro blue tetrazolium chloride nitro powder

Noun

  1. The univalent NO₂ functional group.
  2. Nitroglycerin, especially as medication.
  3. A beer that is nitrogenated to give it a more creamy head.
  4. Nitromethane.
  5. Nitrogen, especially as liquid nitrogen.
    • 8 April 2018 Chomp Squad, "You Can Handel It" Blaze, set the blasters to liquid nitro! We're gonna freeze this lava before it flows any further.
  6. Nitrous oxide; the system that adds nitrous oxide to a car engine; by extension, a boost mechanic to speed up cars in a video game.
    • You need to find the smartest routes and optimize the nitro boost to win. - 2007, Bendik Stang, The Book of Games, Book of Games, →ISBN, page 256:
    • Reaching down to his control panel , he pushed a big red button marked “nitro” . When the nitro mixed with the gasoline in the engine of Vane's monstrous machine, a giant fireball shot out from behind, launching the...

Forms

nitros

Derived

desnitro dinitro- dinitro dinitronaphthalene halonitroalkane hexanitro hydronitroxide mononitro nitraniline nitroalkene nitrobenzaldehyde nitrodiamantane nitro musk nitroolefin nitroquinoline nitroquinoxaline nitro sugar tetranitro trinitro