cordite

Etymology
, because the material is manufactured into long cordlike cylinders.

Noun

 * 1) A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 線狀無煙火藥, 柯代火藥
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: kordiitti
 * French:
 * German: Kordit
 * Irish: coirdít