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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant;
[syn: smokeless powder, Ballistite]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ballistite \Bal"lis*tite\, n. [See Ballista.] (Chem.) A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ballistite n 1: an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant [syn: smokeless powder, Ballistite]