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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Acid :: Acid (n.) A sour substance.
Periodate :: Periodate (n.) A salt of periodic acid.
Erucic :: Erucic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc..
Oleone :: Oleone (n.) An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid..
Glycyrrhizimic :: Glycyrrhizimic (a.) From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid..
Teraconic :: Teraconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid..
Meconin :: Meconin (n.) A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc., as though it were an alkaloid..
Eager :: Eager (a.) Sharp; sour; acid.
Paramaleic :: Paramaleic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called fumaric 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..
Bilin :: Bilin (n.) A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.
Phosphorous :: Phosphorous (a.) Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3..
Anacardic :: Anacardic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid..
Tartrated :: Tartrated (a.) Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid..
Undecylic :: Undecylic (a.) Related to, derived from, or containing, undecyl; specifically, designating that member of the fatty acids which corresponds to undecane, and is obtained as a white crystalline substance, C11H22O2..
Tribasic :: Tribasic (a.) Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic elements on radicals; -- said of certain acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid..
Free :: Free (superl.) Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells..
Thiosulphate :: Thiosulphate (n.) A salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite.
Hexacid :: Hexacid (a.) Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base..
Azotic :: Azotic (a.) Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid..
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