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:
Ballistite \Bal"lis*tite\, n. [See Ballista.] (Chem.)
A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble
nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ballistite
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]