adjective. Relating to or having the nature of an explosion.

adjective. Tending to explode.

noun. A substance, especially a prepared chemical, that explodes or causes explosion.

noun. A plosive.

noun. The principal classes of explosive substances are: gunpowder

noun. nitroglycerin and its compounds, the most important being dynamite

noun. gun-cotton and similar nitro-substitution compounds

noun. picric acid and the picrates

noun. fulminates

noun. Sprengel safety-mixtures

noun. nitrate mixtures other than gunpowder, and chlorate mixtures. There are many varieties of each class.

Pertaining to or of the nature of explosion; tending or liable to explode, or to cause explosion: as, the explosive force of gunpowder; explosive mixture; explosive paroxysms of nerve-force.

In philology, involving in utterance the breach of a complete closure of the organs; not continuous; mute; forming a complete vocal stop: as, an explosive consonant. See II., 2.

noun. Any substance by whose decomposition or combustion gas is generated with such rapidity that it can be used for blasting or in firearms.

noun. In philology, a non-continuous or mute consonant, as k, t, p. Also explodent.

adjective. Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion.

noun. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, TNT, dynamite, or nitro-glycerine.

noun. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, √ 155-7, 184.]

noun. Explosive substance.

adjective. With the capability to, or likely to, explode.

adjective. Having the character of an explosion.

adjective. Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.

adjective. liable to lead to sudden change or violence

adjective. sudden and loud

noun. a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck

adjective. serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst

"Surgical History of the Rebellion, "and as yet have failed to find any case of wound or death reported as having occurred by an explosive or poisoned musket ball, excepting that on page 91 of volume II of said work there is a table of four thousand and two (4,002) cases of gunshot wounds of the scalp, _two_ (2) of which occurred by _explosive musket balls_."

amino explosive  explosive d  explosive speech  exponent of a ratio  exponent of irregularity of a permutation  

detonative  sudden  unstable  

TNT  dynamite  gunpowder  nitro-glycerine  

corrosive  erosive  plosive  

ammunition  bomb  chemical  initial  liquid  

Ballistite  TNT  TNT  agitable  alarming