"Humph!" said Mr. Howard, – "gunpowder is pretty quiet stuff so long as it keeps cool.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wide, Wide World] Reference
Smokeless gunpowder is hard to ignite, and it burns very hot and very quickly once you get it going. From Wordnik.com. [Would putting smokeless gun powder in a water proof match container make good fire starter.] Reference
In NYC, I highly recommend the gunpowder masala dosa at Chennai Garden (they call it gunpowder for a reason, trust me). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
It falls but a few inches from a can of gunpowder, which is not too securely closed. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861] Reference
Phoebe, — the word gunpowder being the only one which she understood in the knight’s description. From Wordnik.com. [Woodstock] Reference
I have decided that M2K must be expunged until she wakes up and smells the gunpowder, which is all over her sheets. From Wordnik.com. [partygirl Diary Entry] Reference
The other Chinese inventions such as gunpowder, paper, compass were not claimed by Europeans. From Wordnik.com. [Beware The Reverse Brain Drain To India And China] Reference
The Pancake Man uses what he nicknames "gunpowder," a secret blend of seven herbs and spices. From Wordnik.com. [Flapjack Smackdown] Reference
“villanous saltpetre” was made by ourselves in times of old: the French knights called gunpowder the Grave of Honor. From Wordnik.com. [First footsteps in East Africa] Reference
The Pancake Man uses what he nicknames "gunpowder," a secret blend of seven herbs and spices that he totes in a Ziploc baggie. From Wordnik.com. [These Chefs Take Great Pride in Waffling and Flipping Out] Reference
It could potentially identify traces of items people came in contact with, such as gunpowder, narcotics and biological or chemical weapons. From Wordnik.com. [New Crime Buster Technology | Impact Lab] Reference
Here, technicians can run tests such as gunpowder residue. From Wordnik.com. [Valdosta Daily Times Homepage] Reference
The word "gunpowder" seemed to have brought soldiers to the spot in a sort of natural sequence. From Wordnik.com. [We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys] Reference
The bamboo flowering was the percussion cap of an old cartridge, and the gunpowder was the constitution issue.”. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting for the Plague] Reference
Explosives, such as gunpowder and guncotton, are also ignited by the electric spark from an induction coil or the incandescence of. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Electricity] Reference
A film of a greyish-white, such as gunpowder gives to iron or brickwork when it is fired. From Wordnik.com. [Patience Wins War in the Works] Reference
Such as gunpowder weapons, stern post rudders, and magnetic compasses -- began to dominate the seas. From Wordnik.com. [American Thinker] Reference
That's what I yelled, but it's the gunpowder smell I remember. From Wordnik.com. [A Minute to Midnight] Reference
Prof. CONKLING: Much, much more violently than gunpowder explodes. From Wordnik.com. [A Science Lesson For A Fiery Fourth] Reference
The air smelled of stale gunpowder and men's stretched conscience. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy and the Rest of His Life] Reference
I think that's what I yelled, but it's the smella gunpowder I remember. From Wordnik.com. [One Minute to Midnight] Reference
He know the sharp smell of gunpowder for what it is; the odor of retribution. From Wordnik.com. [The Cowboy of My Heart] Reference
At times the language is so vivid you can almost smell the gunpowder and the fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Columbine Generation] Reference
The entire concoction is fired into the sky using a propellant, generally gunpowder. From Wordnik.com. [Building a Better Firework] Reference
With 33 billion in capital reserves, "we have the gunpowder, to put it crudely," he says. From Wordnik.com. [More Than Meets The Eye] Reference
The futility of my life ran so deep that it festered and churned inside me, quietly making gunpowder. From Wordnik.com. [Makes Me Wanna Holler] Reference
Some years, the pyrotechnics and smell of gunpowder can make the streets seem like a chaotic war zone. From Wordnik.com. [More Fireworks Ahead?] Reference
He experimented with gunpowder — at first simply emptying those beloved firecrackers from his childhood. From Wordnik.com. [Pop Goes the Easel] Reference
They mine munitions dumps for old bullets, which they pry open and douse with alcohol, so the old gunpowder will fire. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels Of The Pacific] Reference
Of course, it's the personable young Saif al-Islam with whom most Westerners actually prefer to sip their Earl Grey or gunpowder. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics of Blackmail] Reference
For a project in Germany in 1992, Cai sat in an enormous field surrounded by meticulously mapped circles and lines of gunpowder fuses. From Wordnik.com. [Pop Goes the Easel] Reference
Still, he concedes he was surprised that Baghdad did not exactly "collapse at the first whiff of gunpowder" (another Perle prediction). From Wordnik.com. [Icing The Cakewalk] Reference
With gunpowder-contraption technology so far off, you simply never know when you'll need the aid of a knife -- nay -- a knife and sheath. From Wordnik.com. [Andy McDonald: A Girl I Know Stabbed a Guy Who Broke Up With Her] Reference
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