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gelignite

[jel-ig-nahyt]

gel·ig·nite

[jel-ig-nahyt]

Origin:
gel(atin) + Latin ign(is) fire + -ite1
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Gelignite is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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gelignite (ˈdʒɛlɪɡˌnaɪt)
 
n
Also called (informal): gelly a type of dynamite in which the nitrogelatine is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and potassium or sodium nitrate
 
[C19: from gel(atine) + Latin ignis fire + -ite1]

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