Definition of acid

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Acid (a.) Of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction..

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Effervescency :: Effervescency (n.) A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid..
Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. t.) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute..
Rebiting :: Rebiting (n.) The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action of acid.
Diureide :: Diureide (n.) One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or allantoin. Cf. Ureide..
Oxanillamide :: Oxanillamide (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also phenyl oxamide..
Tartrovinic :: Tartrovinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid..
Ricinolein :: Ricinolein (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin..
Propionate :: Propionate (n.) A salt of propionic acid.
Tartrated :: Tartrated (a.) Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid..
Fulminate :: Fulminate (v. i.) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.
Isocyanuric :: Isocyanuric (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under Fulminuric..
Hypophosphite :: Hypophosphite (n.) A salt of hypophosphorous acid.
Phloretic :: Phloretic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, an organic acid obtained by the decomposition of phloretin..
Monacid :: Monacid (a.) Having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical; capable of neutralizing a monobasic acid; -- said of bases, and of certain metals..
Verdigris :: Verdigris (n.) A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several basic copper acetates..
Mellitate :: Mellitate (n.) A salt of mellitic acid.
Telluric :: Telluric (a.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid..
Sulphydric :: Sulphydrate (n.) A compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt of sulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen sulphide in which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur..
Fellinic :: Fellinic (a.) Of, relating to, or derived from, bile or gall; as, fellinic acid..
Doeglic :: Doeglic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid..
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