pyroxylin
- n highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
- He had attacked his job with soldierly ferocity, quick-drying pyroxylin paint and a spray gun.
- Amid cries of the wounded and dying the military threw a cordon around the stricken area, filled with poisonous fumes from the exploded pyroxylin bomb.