An explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant [syn: smokeless powder, Ballistite]
Ballistite \Bal"lis*tite\, n. [See Ballista.] (Chem.)
A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble
nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
