Nitrous

Definition:

• (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.
• (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.

Compare nitrous with other words:

nitrous vs. nitry

nitric vs. nitrous

nitrous vs. valence

niter vs. nitrous

azotite vs. nitrous

nitrogen vs. nitrous