Definition of acid

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Acid (a.) Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered..

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Erythronium :: Erythronium (n.) A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium.
Hexoic :: Hexoic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid..
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts..
Itaconic :: Itaconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H6O4, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic and other organic acids..
Salt :: Salt (n.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol..
Rhaponticine :: Rhaponticine (n.) Chrysophanic acid.
Basic :: Basic (a.) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt..
Roselle :: Roselle (n.) a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink..
Acidification :: Acidification (n.) The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid..
Catechin :: Catechin (n.) One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin..
Thallium :: Thallium (n.) A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7..
Bisulphate :: Bisulphate (n.) A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal sulphates; an acid sulphate..
Glycidic :: Glycidic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid..
Taurylic :: Taurylic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with cresol..
Noropianic :: Noropianic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid..
Euchrone :: Euchrone (n.) A substance obtained from euchroic acid. See Eychroic.
Superadded :: Superacidulated (a.) Acidulated to excess.
Acidify :: Acidify (v. t.) To sour; to imbitter.
Aurate :: Aurate (n.) A combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium..
Oxacid :: Oxacid (n.) See Oxyacid.
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