Converse of object

• dissolve: This is usually cellulose nitrate dissolved in organic solvents.

• convert: Denitrification filters convert nitrate to nitrogen gas, the bacteria in such filters are anaerobic.

• remove: These device relies bacteria living on balls of Sulfur to remove nitrate from the water.

Adjective modifier

• dietary: Chemical synthesis of nitric oxide in the stomach from dietary nitrate in humans.

• silver: The Victorians used to enjoy creating silver under the microscope from silver nitrate in solution.

• organic: It transforms in the air to form gaseous nitric acid and toxic organic nitrates.

Modifies a noun

• reductase: Biochemical response methods include analysis of enzymes such as nitrate reductase and emissions of nitrous oxide from soils.

• fertilizer: In 1909 Fritz Haber found a way of extracting nitrogen, the source of nitrate fertilizers.

• concentration: Light is the main influence on nitrate concentrations in plants.

• fertilizer: More specifically, the increased use of nitrate fertilizers could be encouraging gullet cancer.

• ion: The copper might react with the hydrogen ions or with the nitrate ions.

• pollution: Well timed, low N dose is the key to minimize nitrate pollution.

Noun used with modifier

• ammonium: Inside was half a ton of ammonium nitrate, an easy to buy fertilizer, the same material used in the Bali bombings.

• amyl: Generally coming in small glass bottles, amyl nitrate is normally snorted out of the open bottle.

• cellulose: This is usually cellulose nitrate dissolved in organic solvents.

• alkyl: The alkyl nitrates are a reservoir species for NO x ( =NO 2 + NO ).

• potassium: For some ( like potassium nitrate ), the increase is quite fast.

• uranyl: Rotting container A badly corroded container of radioactive uranyl nitrate was found by a European Union inspector during an investigation of Dounreay in March.

Preposition: in

• lettuce: Every Member State is required to monitor and report levels of nitrate in lettuce and spinach as part of a European Commission Regulation.

Preposition: of

• silver: A - , Nitrate of silver, 200 grains; distilled water, 3 ounces.