nitrogen : Idioms & Phrases

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liquid nitrogen

  • noun nitrogen in a liquid state
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nitrogen balance

  • noun the balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted)
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nitrogen cycle

  • noun the circulation of nitrogen; nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil
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nitrogen dioxide

  • noun a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2)
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nitrogen fixation

  • noun the assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria
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nitrogen mustard

  • noun a toxic compound resembling mustard gas in structure; important in cancer treatment
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nitrogen narcosis

  • noun confused or stuporous state caused by high levels of dissolved nitrogen in the blood
    • deep-sea divers can suffer nitrogen narcosis from breathing air under high pressure
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nitrogen oxide

  • noun any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts
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nitrogen trichloride

  • noun a yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour
    Agene.
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nitrogen-bearing

  • adjective of or relating to or containing nitrogen
    nitrogenous.
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nitrogen-fixing

  • adjective contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation
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protoxide of nitrogen

  • laughing gas, now called hyponitrous oxide, used as an anaesthetic in dentistry; now (1950-1996) called nitrous oxide, NO . See under Laughing.
Webster 1913