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lyddite

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lydd⋅ite

  [lid-ahyt]
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–noun Chemistry.
a high explosive consisting chiefly of picric acid.
Origin:
1885–90; named after Lydd, borough in SE England near the site where it was first tested; see -ite 1
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lyd·dite   (lĭd'īt')   
n.  An explosive consisting chiefly of picric acid.

[After Lydd, a municipal borough of southeast England.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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