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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant;
[syn: smokeless powder, Ballistite]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smokeless powder \Smoke"less pow"der\ A high-explosive gunpowder whose explosion produces little, if any, smoke. It is usually based on guncotton. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

smokeless powder n 1: an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant [syn: smokeless powder, Ballistite]