For Saltpeter we have terms and definitions in 5 topics. The topics are Dream, Explosives, Food, Pyrotechnics and Sex.

Saltpeter (Dream)

To dream of saltpeter, denotes change in your living will add loss to some unconquerable grief.

Saltpeter (Explosives)

Saltpeter or potassium nitrate, chemical compound (KNO3), occurring as colorless prismatic crystals or as a white powder. When heated, it decomposes to release oxygen. Saltpeter has been used in gunpowder manufacture since about the 12th century, it is also used in explosives, fireworks, matches, and fertilizers, and as a food preservative.

Saltpeter (Food)

Saltpeter is a white, translucent, lustrous mineral composed of potassium nitrate, KNO3. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system in prismatic crystals, which have a hardness of 2 and a specific gravity of 2.1, and these crystals exhibit perfect domal cleavage. The mineral, which is also called niter, forms delicate crusts on the surfaces of rocks and stonewalls, and occurs as a component of surface soil in Spain, Iran, Egypt, and India. In the U.S. it occurs in loose soil of the limestone caves of Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Mississippi Valley. Saltpeter is of commercial importance as a fertilizer, in the manufacture of glass, as a food preservative, and in some medicines as a diuretic. Saltpeter was once used in gunpowder and is now found in explosives, fireworks, and matches. In addition, this substance is employed in fluxes used in metallurgy. It is important as a source of nitrogen in the manufacture of nitrogen-containing compounds, particularly nitric acid, and as an oxidizing agent in many industrial chemical processes.

Saltpeter (Pyrotechnics)

An old term for potassium nitrate (KNO3), a common oxidizer used in fireworks
Salute -loud report without stars or colors

Saltpeter (Sex)

A diuretic that was once believed (incorrectly) to prevent boys from masturbating.

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