Nitro compounds tend to be unstable and often explosive.

https://books.google.com/books?id=4J9aAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA235 page 235 He was prudent and induſtrious, and ſo good a Huſbandman, that he might have led a very eaſy and comfortable Life, had not an errant Vixen of a Wife ſoured his domeſtic Quiet. … https://books.google.com/books?id=4J9aAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA236 page 236 By this Xantippe (ſo was the Wife of Socrates called, ſaid Partridge) By this Xantippe he had two Sons, of which I was the younger.

The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.

When a well is spudded, the drilling assembly is loosely tied to the guide wires with 1/2″ manila rope.