Smokeless-powder
noun
1.
any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, especially one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton.
smokeless powder
noun
1.
any one of a number of explosives that burn with relatively little smoke. They consist mainly of nitrocellulose and are used as propellants
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