The chemist carefully measured the nitres before combining them with the solvent.

In systematic organic nomenclature, nitr- is used before vowel-initial roots as an alternative form of nitro-.

The chemist carefully measured the nitre before beginning the experiment.

The nitrative catalyst enabled selective nitration of the benzene ring.

Before synthesizing the compound, the laboratory technician weighed the soda nitre needed for the reaction.

The farmer stored a sack of cubic nitre in the barn for use as fertilizer.

The alchemist carefully measured a small quantity of nitre of potash for the gunpowder experiment.

The apothecary stored the spirit of nitre in a dark glass bottle to prevent decomposition.

When I found the bottle labeled sweet spirits of nitre in my grandmother's medicine cabinet, I learned it had once been sold as an over-the-counter ethyl nitrite remedy.