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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Lithofellic :: Lithofellic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope..
Acetimetry :: Acetimetry (n.) The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it..
Platinochloric :: Platinochloric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid consisting of platinous chloride and hydrochloric acid, called platinochloric, / chloroplatinous, acid..
Naphthalic :: Naphthalic (a.) Formerly, designating an acid probably identical with phthalic acid..
Phthalate :: Phthalate (n.) A salt of phthalic acid.
Metasilicic :: Metasilicic (a.) Designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the removal of water; of or pertaining to such an acid.
Saturant :: Saturant (n.) An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach..
Animal :: Animal (n.) An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity..
Suberin :: Suberic (a.) Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, C6H12.(CO2H)2, homologous with oxalic acid, and obtained from cork and certain fatty oils, as a white crystalline substance..
Ricinoleic :: Ricinoleic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C/H/O/ with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic..
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose)..
Ethylene :: Ethylene (n.) A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen..
Chrysarobin :: Chrysarobin (n.) A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid..
Palmitolic :: Palmitolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric with linoleic acid..
Hippuric :: Hippuric (a.) Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid..
Sour :: Sour (superl.) Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned..
Hydrofluoric :: Hydrofluoric (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen and fluorine; fluohydric; as, hydrofluoric acid..
Acidification :: Acidification (n.) The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid..
Tartronate :: Tartronate (n.) A salt of tartronic acid.
Tartramate :: Tartramate (n.) A salt of tartramic acid.
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