niter

IPA: naɪtɝ

(obsolete) Native sodium carbonate; natron.
(US, inorganic chemistry) A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.

Examples of "niter" in Sentences

There's a stuff called sweet spirits of niter, which is, I think, used in kidney ailments.
Back during the campaign of 2000 ( "Ahma YOU-niter, notta DEE-vider") Don Imus told his listeners one morning:
I returned the wig because because of the TMI exposition slam Gawker ran about a one-niter O'Donnell had two years ago.
Fenugreek, berbere, and niter kibbeh to satisfy the spice-loving community of Ethiopians that that moved into the neighborhood in the last several years.
This suggests that, while testing new glass formulas for different uses, he was also creating a personal program to study affinities of acids of sea salt, niter, and vitriol.
Meanwhile, Lincoln conducted the bloodiest war in U.S. history to preserve the Union, authorized the deployment of deadly new weaponry such as mines, ironclad warships and niter a 19th-century version of napalm, and accepted huge casualties for his chosen cause.