MELINITE

Noun

melinite (countable and uncountable, plural melinites)

(mineral) A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria.

An explosive containing picric acid and guncotton.

Anagrams

• ilmenite, line item, menilite, time line, time-line, timeline

Source: Wiktionary


MĂ©"lin*ite, n. [F.] (Chem.)

Definition: A high explosive similar to lyddite, consisting principally of picric acid, used in the French military service.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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