Phrase Hound found 29 phrases and 18 compound words that contain nitrogen. The most common are listed below. Open nitrogen in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 29
- liquid nitrogenNitrogen that has been cooled to the liquid state; used in cryogenics.
- nitrogen dioxideThe binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide. It can be the poisonous result of a nitric acid spill contacting ambient air.
- nitrogen oxidesplural of nitrogen oxide: Any oxide of nitrogen.
- nitrogen cycleThe natural circulation of nitrogen, in which atmospheric nitrogen is converted to nitrogen oxides by lightning and deposited in the soil by rain, where it is assimilated by plants and either eaten by animals (and returned as faeces) or …
- nitrogen-fixingOf a plant, microbe, etc., able to convert inorganic nitrogen into a form usable in the biosphere.
- nitrogen oxideAny oxide of nitrogen.
- nitrogen fixationThe conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia and organic derivatives, by natural means, especially such conversion, by microorganisms in the soil, into a form that can be assimilated by plants.
- nitrogen mustardAny of a series of compounds, analogous to mustard gas with sulfur replaced by nitrogen, that have been used in the treatment of cancer.
- nitrogen trichloridethe binary compound of nitrogen and chlorine, NCl₃; an unstable explosive liquid.
- nitrogen balanceThe difference between nitrogen intake and nitrogen excretion in the body, such that positive nitrogen balance occurs when intake exceeds excretion.
- nitrogen iceNitrogen gas that has been frozen, by cooling it to extremely low temperatures, resulting in a crystalline structure similar to regular ice but consisting of nitrogen molecules instead of water molecules.
- nitrogen narcosisA condition of disorientation, intoxication and stupor caused by increased levels of dissolved nitrogen in the blood; occurs in divers breathing air under pressure.
- nitrogen tetroxideSynonym of dinitrogen tetroxide: A binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen, N₂O₄, that exists in equilibrium with nitrogen dioxide NO₂; it is a powerful oxidizing agent and is used in rocket propellants.
- nitrogen inversionThe rapid inversion of the lone pair in a molecule such as a tertiary amine which prevents it from being chiral.
- nitrogen monoxideNitric oxide.
- nitrogen mustardsplural of nitrogen mustard: Any of a series of compounds, analogous to mustard gas with sulfur replaced by nitrogen, that have been used in the treatment of cancer.
- nitrogen pentoxideSynonym of dinitrogen pentoxide: The unstable binary compound N₂O₅; a strong oxidizing agent.
- nitrogen trifluorideThe binary compound of nitrogen and fluorine, NF₃; a corrosive gas.
- nitrogen tribromidethe binary compound of nitrogen and bromine, NBr₃; a dark red explosive liquid
- nitrogen triiodideThe binary compound of nitrogen and iodine, NI₃; a dark red explosive solid.
- carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycleA group of nuclear reactions, involving the interaction of protons with carbon, nitrogen and oxygen nuclei, thought to be the main source of energy in main-sequence stars of greater than 1.4 solar mass.
- nitrogen fixerA plant or other organism which performs nitrogen fixation.
- carbon-nitrogen cycleA biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of carbon and nitrogen through Earth's systems.
- nitrogen balancesplural of nitrogen balance: The difference between nitrogen intake and nitrogen excretion in the body, such that positive nitrogen balance occurs when intake exceeds excretion.
- nitrogen inversionsplural of nitrogen inversion: The rapid inversion of the lone pair in a molecule such as a tertiary amine which prevents it from being chiral.
Compound words 18
- nitroxAn industrial process for case hardening (imparting greater surface hardness to) metal objects, involving nitrocarburizing (the diffusion of carbon and nitrogen into the metal) followed by oxidation.
- nitrianContaining nitrogen (especially when this replaces another element)
- hydronitrogenAny binary compound of nitrogen and hydrogen
- polynitrogenAny of several unstable allotropes of nitrogen that have more than two atoms in each molecule
- antinitrogenThe theoretical antimatter form of nitrogen.
- dinitrogenaseEither of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
- multinitrogenDescribing a compound having more than one nitrogen atom
- nitrogenizationAct or process of nitrogenizing.
- nitrogenlessWithout nitrogen.
- nitrogenlikeResembling or characteristic of nitrogen.