Definitions for tetryls

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tetryls tet·ryl

Spelling: [te-tril]

IPA: /ˈtɛ trɪl/

Tetryls is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in tetryls (elrstty).

Definitions for tetryls

noun

1. a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 7 H 5 N 5 O 8 , used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.

Origin of tetryls

First recorded in 1855-60; tetr- + -yl

Examples for tetryls

Ordnance officers learned that this material was equal to tetryl as a military explosive.