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- Nitrous - a. - Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.
- Nitrous - a. - Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.
- Hyponitrous - a. - Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds.
- Oxidize - v. t. - To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid.
- Nitrite - n. - A salt of nitrous acid.
- Nitric - a. - Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid.
- Nitrification - n. - The act or process of oxidizing nitrogen or its compounds so as to form nitrous or nitric acid.
- Nitrify - v. t. - To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.