amyl nitrite

amyl nitrite

noun

Definition of AMYL NITRITE

: a pale yellow pungent flammable liquid ester C₅H₁₁NO₂ of commercial amyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is used in medicine as a vasodilator and inhaled illicitly especially as an aphrodisiac — compare popper 2

First Known Use of AMYL NITRITE

1867

Rhymes with AMYL NITRITE

adipocyte, alexandrite, amazonite, amoebocyte, anthophyllite, anti-Semite, butyl nitrite, cosmopolite, dermatophyte, electrolyte, embryophyte, exurbanite, gemütlichkeit, Gibeonite, Gileadite, go fly a kite, hermaphrodite, idiot light, Indo-Hittite, McCarthyite, meteorite, Michiganite, Midianite, multipartite, New Hampshirite, New Jerseyite, potato blight, property right, quadripartite, Rhode Island White, spermatocyte, substantive right, suburbanite, sweetness and light, theodolite, Turkish delight, Wyomingite