Crossword-Solution: SALTPETER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Saltpeter | n. | Alt. of Saltpetre |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SALTPETER | anagram | SALTPETRE, STEELTRAP |
We have 12 clues for the answer “SALTPETER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Gunpowder compound | 1 answer |
| Naturally occurring potassium nitrate | 1 answer |
| Niter. | 1 answer |
| Gunpowder component | 2 answers |
| Common name for potassium nitrate | 2 answers |
| MEAT preservative, constituent of | 2 answers |
| MEDICINE, salty substance used in | 2 answers |
| WHITE crystalline salty substance | 2 answers |
| salty substance | 3 answers |
| Chilean export | 4 answers |
| Gunpowder ingredient | 5 answers |
| ANY OF VARIOUS FORMS OF ALUMINUM OXIDE OCCURRING NATURALLY AS CORUNDUM | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SALTPETER (5)
Tirant bought some very old whale bile, and then he took quicksilver, saltpeter, Roman sulfate and other materials, and mixed them together to make an unguent, and he put it in a box.
Driven back by the guard, they invade that of a manufacturer of saltpeter, who is his friend, and burn and smash his effects and furniture.[1214] It is only towards midnight that the crowd is dispersed and the insurrection is supposed to have ended.
The most prominent among these are three painters, heraldic, carriage and miniature, evidently ruined and idle on account of the Revolution, a candle-dealer, a vinegar-dealer, a manufacturer of saltpeter, and a locksmith; while of these seven personages, four have additionally enhanced the dignity of their calling by vending tickets for small lotteries, acting as pawnbrokers or as keepers of a biribi[3352] saloon.
Over the whole field, previously so gaily beautiful with the glitter of bayonets and cloudlets of smoke in the morning sun, there now spread a mist of damp and smoke and a strange acid smell of saltpeter and blood.
The inventive spirit of America was busy with plans to procure saltpeter and other ingredients for making powder, but it remained scarce.
Quotes with SALTPETER (1)
Water: 35 liters, Carbon: 20 kg, Ammonia: 4 liters, Lime:1.5 kg, Phosphrus: 800 g, salt: 250g, saltpeter:100g, Sulfer: 80g, Fluorine: 7.5 g, iron: 5.6 g, Silicon: 3g, and 15 other elements in small quantities.... thats the total chemical makeup of the average adult body. Modern science knows all of this, but there has never been a single example of succesful human trasmutation. It's like there's some missing ingredient..... Scientists have been trying to find it for hundreds …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1950–2024).