nitroglycerin
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"I thought you were reaching for your emergency nitroglycerin pill," she jokes with a "ha ha old man" lightness.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2021
Since then, he has kept nitroglycerin pills in his left pocket for pain relief.
From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2020
The explosion of nitroglycerin is a chemical change because the gases produced are very different kinds of matter from the original substance.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
As a teenager, he also worked on tuna boats out of Galveston, Texas, and driving a truck carrying nitroglycerin on a construction job in North Carolina.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2018
The following day, Friday, June 26, Haupt and Wernecke went to the drugstore to buy nitroglycerin pills.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Vocabulary lists containing nitroglycerin
Civil Engineering
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Engineering - High School
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