nitrocellulose nitrocalcite • nitro-cellulose · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · nitrocellulose · · Text Latin · · Script 14 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives. Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocotton. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · cellulose nitrate · · Synonym 1 guncotton · · Synonym 2 nitrocotton · · Synonym 3 Characters · · c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075