Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, October 05, 2024 Klingon word: DIl'on Part of speech: noun Definition: saltpeter Source: qep'a' 26 [2019] _______________________________________________ I.e. potassium nitrate. AFAIK not used in a sentence. TREK NOTES: In his battle with the Gorn captain on an unnamed artificial planetoid in Metron space, Kirk constructed a primitive cannon by mixing naturally occurring potassium nitrate, sulfur and coal into gunpowder and using raw diamonds as projectiles. (TOS "Arena") SEE ALSO: jorwI' explosive, bomb (n) ngat gunpowder (n) tlhIneng potassium (n) voQSIp nitrogen (n) yInSIp oxygen (n) wejbe' nitrate [NO3 ] (n) no'negh sulfur (n) ghav carbon (n) [use for coal?} jor explode (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons