Nitro
Chemistry
- Nitroglycerin, an explosive chemical compound
- Medical use of nitroglycerin, the same compound as used as a medication for some heart conditions
- Nitromethane, the simplest organic nitro compound; also used to fuel high-performance internal-combustion engines
- Nitro engine, engine powered with a fuel with nitromethane and methanol
- Nitrous oxide, "laughing gas", used in some dental procedures as an anaesthetic
- Glyceryl trinitrate (pharmacology), a medical compound used for the treatment of angina pectoris
- Nitrogen, the elemental form of nitrogen, a gas
- Nitrocellulose, an extremely flammable chemical compound
- Nitro compound, an organic compound that contains one or more nitro functional groups, -NO2
- Nitroalkene a functional group combining the functionality of an alkene and nitro group while displaying its own chemical properties through alkene activation
Entertainment
- Nitro Records, an independent punk music record label
- Nitro (band), an 80s metal band
- Nitro (Six Flags Great Adventure), a mega roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure
- Nitro (Adlabs Imagica), a roller coaster at Adlabs Imagica
- WCW Monday Nitro, a professional wrestling television program
- John Morrison (wrestler) (born 1979), professional wrestler formerly known as Johnny Nitro
- Danny Lee Clark (born 1964), known as "Nitro" on the original American Gladiators television show and coordinating producer of the 2008 revival
- Nitro (video game), a 1990 computer game
- Nintendo DS, originally referred to by the codename "Project Nitro"
- Nitro (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Nitro, a character played by Beau Walker, from the children's show The Shak
- Nitro (film), a Canadian action film released in 2007
- Nicktoons Nitro, a 2009 racing game for the Arcade
- "Nitro (Youth Energy)", a song by The Offspring from the album Smash
- Nitro (wrestler), Mexican professional wrestler
- Nitro Norimaki, a character from the Dr. Slump franchise
- Need for Speed: Nitro, a 2009 racing game
Television
- Nitro (TV channel), former Spanish private television channel owned of Atresmedia
- "Nitro", a 1969 episode from Season 3 of Mission: Impossible
Computer / IT
- Nitro (web framework), a web development library for the Ruby language
- Nitro, a marketing name given by Apple to JavaScriptCore, the JavaScript engine of WebKit
- Nitro PDF, a commercial software application
- Nitro (software), a task management software similar to Wunderlist delevoped under open source license.
Other
- Nitro, former name of Giant, Richmond, California
- Dodge Nitro, a compact SUV
- Nitro, West Virginia, United States
- Nitro Express (NE), a series of cartridges used in large-bore hunting rifles
- Windtech Nitro, a Spanish competition paraglider design
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