SALTPETER

n. natural form of potassium nitrate (used to manufacture gun powder and fireworks)

Saltpeter or saltpetre may refer to:Potassium nitrate, a naturally occurring mineral source of nitrogen which makes up the critical oxidizing component of gun powderSodium nitrate, an ingredient in fertilizers, explosives and in solid rocket propellantsEdwin Ernest Salpeter, an astrophysicist who proposed the triple-alpha process for burning helium in stars, and an initial mass function for stellar populationsSaltpeter War (1879-1884) between Chile, Peru and Bolivia
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Noun
1. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
(synonym) potassium nitrate, saltpetre, niter, nitre
(hypernym) nitrate
(substance-holonym) fertilizer, fertiliser, plant food

(n.)
Alt. of Saltpetre
  

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