An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks. / Short for gunpowder tea.

(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.

plural of gunpowder

(Britain) A failed plot, in November 1605, to kill the Protestant king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up the House of Lords using gunpowder, annually commemorated on Guy Fawkes Day.

A form of Chinese green tea in which each leaf has been rolled into a small round pellet.

Synonym of Gunpowder Plot.

Any of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, which all had considerable military success using then-innovative firearms, especially cannon and small arms.

plural of gunpowder empire

A spicy Asian dish of chicken cooked with dried chili peppers, spring onion, peanuts, etc.

plural of gunpowder tea