nitrogen
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nitrogen /ˈnʌɪtrədʒ(ə)n/
▶noun the chemical element of atomic number 7, a colourless, odourless unreactive gas that forms about 78 per cent of the earth's atmosphere. (Symbol: N)
– derivatives
nitrogenous adjective.
nitrogenous adjective.
'nitrogen' also found in these Oxford entries:
acid rain
- air
- aspartic acid
- azine
- azo-
- azo dye
- decompression sickness
- diazo compound
- diazonium
- fix
- leguminous
- N
- nitric
- nitric oxide
- nitride
- nitrify
- nitro-
- nitrogen cycle
- nitrogen dioxide
- nitrogen fixation
- nitrogen narcosis
- nitrous
- nitrox
- nodule
- NOx
- rapture
- rhizobium
- temazepam
- thiazole
- triazine
