Definitions for cordites

cordites cord·ite

Spelling: [kawr-dahyt]
IPA: /ˈkɔr daɪt/

Cordites is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 476 anagrams from letters in cordites (cdeiorst).

Definitions for cordites

noun

  1. a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.

Origin of cordites

1885-90; cord + -ite1, so called from its cordlike form

Examples for cordites

Sergeant Mayes picked up a charge of cordite and threw it away.

cordite: the principal smokeless powder of the British Empire.

I have a double-barrelled .400 cordite rifle and a shot-gun.

Yes, sars, that is cordite—dynamite, whatever you like to call him.

Together with Sir F. Abel, he was the discoverer of cordite.

By now the air in the room was awful, hanging with the smell of cordite, lit only by the muzzle flashes.

The powder thus obtained was cordite, and this they recommended for adoption.

I have now to rely on cordite, which, however, only acts as a spill.

At twenty-five yards or a little under, the cordite rang out.

The three were armed with Government 303 rifles, while I had my cordite rifle.

Word Value for cordites
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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