AEthogen

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  AEthogen \[AE]th"o*gen\, n. [Gr. ? fire, light + -gen.] (Chem.)
     A compound of nitrogen and boro?, which, when heated before
     the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric
     nitride.
     [1913 Webster]