ethyl nitrite

noun Chemistry.

a colorless or yellowish, very volatile, highly aromatic, flammable liquid, C2H2NO2, used chiefly in the preparation of organic substances.
Also called nitrous ether.

Origin of ethyl nitrite

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby ethyl nitrite

ethyl group, ethyl hexoate, ethyl malonate, ethyl mercaptan, ethyl nitrate, ethyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite spirit, ethyl oxide, ethyl sulfide, ethyl urethane, ethylamine