heracline

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek, related to Hercules.

Noun

heracline (uncountable)

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

References

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

Anagrams

• helicrane