heracline

English edit

Etymology edit

Ancient Greek, related to Hercules.

Noun edit

heracline (uncountable)

(archaic) A picrate compound used as an explosive[from 1870s, out of use by 1900].

References edit

“herakline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams edit

helicrane

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