| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| guncotton | an explosive made by saturating cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids |
| guncottons | GUNCOTTON, an explosive made by saturating cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids |
| nitrocotton | guncotton, an explosive made from cotton soaked in nitric and sulphuric acids |
| nitrocottons | NITROCOTTON, guncotton, an explosive made from cotton soaked in nitric and sulphuric acids |
| guncotton | highly explosive cellulose nitrate, made by digesting clean cotton in a mixture of one part nitric acid and three parts sulfuric acid: used in making smokeless powder |
