smokeless powder

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

smokeless powder
    n 1: an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with
         relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used
         as a propellant [syn: {smokeless powder}, {Ballistite}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Smokeless powder \Smoke"less pow"der\
   A high-explosive gunpowder whose explosion produces little,
   if any, smoke. It is usually based on guncotton.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

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