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Acid synonyms

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sharp
Sudden and brilliant or dazzling:
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  1. Sudden and brilliant or dazzling:
  2. Strongly affecting the senses of smell and taste:
  3. Fierce or impetuous; violent:
tart
Sharp in taste; sour; acid; acidulous
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  1. Sharp in taste; sour; acid; acidulous
  2. Sharp or bitter in tone or meaning; cutting.
  3. Having a sharp pungent taste; sour.
biting
Tending to bite.
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  1. Tending to bite.
  2. Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.
  3. Cutting; sharp
corrosive
Gradually destructive; steadily harmful:
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  1. Gradually destructive; steadily harmful:
  2. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
  3. Having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion:
erosive
Causing erosion; eroding
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  1. Causing erosion; eroding
  2. Causing or tending to cause erosion
  3. Causing erosion:
biting
Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings; caustic:
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  1. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings; caustic:
  2. Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.
  3. Tending to bite.
disinfectant
Serving to disinfect.
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  1. Serving to disinfect.
  2. Disinfecting
disintegrative
Losing cohesion or unity.
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  1. Losing cohesion or unity.
  2. (Psychology) Having disorganized psychological and behavioral processes.
dissolvent
That can dissolve other substances
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  1. That can dissolve other substances
  2. Capable of dissolving a substance; solvent.
acidic
(Chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
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  1. (Chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
  2. Tending to form an acid.
  3. Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.
biting
Tending to bite.
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  1. Tending to bite.
  2. Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.
  3. Cutting; sharp
sharp
Sudden and brilliant or dazzling:
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  1. Sudden and brilliant or dazzling:
  2. Strongly affecting the senses of smell and taste:
  3. Fierce or impetuous; violent:
barbed
(Heraldry) Bearded (also applied to roses).
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  1. (Heraldry) Bearded (also applied to roses).
  2. Cutting; stinging:
  3. Stinging; cutting
astringent
A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues, resulting in decreased flow of blood or other secretions.
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  1. A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues, resulting in decreased flow of blood or other secretions.
  2. (Medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
  3. Sharp and penetrating; pungent or severe:
corrosive
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
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  1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
  2. A substance having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion.
  3. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.
lsd
A crystalline compound, C15H15N2CON(C2H5)2, an amide of lysergic acid, used in the study of schizophrenia and other mental disorders and as a psychedelic drug: it produces hallucinations, delusions, etc. resembling those occurring in a psychotic state
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  1. A crystalline compound, C15H15N2CON(C2H5)2, an amide of lysergic acid, used in the study of schizophrenia and other mental disorders and as a psychedelic drug: it produces hallucinations, delusions, etc. resembling those occurring in a psychotic state
hallucinogen
Any substance tending to induce hallucination
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  1. Any substance tending to induce hallucination
  2. A drug or other substance that produces hallucinations
  3. A drug or chemical that causes a person to have hallucinations. Mescaline, LSD, and psilocybin are hallucinogens.
psychedelic
A psychedelic drug
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  1. A psychedelic drug
  2. A drug, such as LSD or mescaline, that produces psychedelic effects.
acerbic
Sharp or biting, as in character or expression:
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  1. Sharp or biting, as in character or expression:
  2. Sour in taste
  3. Sharp, bitter, or harsh in temper, language, etc.
acetous
Of, relating to, or producing acetic acid or vinegar.
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  1. Of, relating to, or producing acetic acid or vinegar.
  2. Having an acetic taste; sour-tasting.
  3. Of, producing, or like vinegar; sour
acidulous
Somewhat acid or sour
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  1. Somewhat acid or sour
  2. Somewhat sarcastic
  3. Slightly sour in taste or in manner.
dry
Needing moisture or drink:
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  1. Needing moisture or drink:
  2. No longer yielding liquid, especially milk:
  3. Not shedding tears:
sour
Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids; sharp, tart, or tangy.
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  1. Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids; sharp, tart, or tangy.
  2. Not having the correct or properly produced pitch:
  3. Containing excessive levels of sulfur compounds, carbon dioxide, or both. Used of oil and natural gas.
tangy
Having a tang, or pleasantly sharp flavor
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  1. Having a tang, or pleasantly sharp flavor
tart
Sharp in taste; sour; acid; acidulous
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  1. Sharp in taste; sour; acid; acidulous
  2. Having a sharp pungent taste; sour.
  3. Sharp or bitter in tone or meaning; cutting.
acerbic
Sour in taste
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  1. Sour in taste
  2. Sharp or biting, as in character or expression:
  3. Sharp, bitter, or harsh in temper, language, etc.
acidic
Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.
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  1. Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.
  2. Tending to form an acid.
  3. (Chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
acrid
Caustic in language or tone:
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  1. Caustic in language or tone:
  2. Bitter or sarcastic in speech, etc.
  3. Sharp, bitter, stinging, or irritating to the taste or smell
astringent
(Medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
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  1. (Medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
  2. A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues, resulting in decreased flow of blood or other secretions.
  3. Sharp, caustic, severe.
biting
Sarcastic; caustic
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  1. Sarcastic; caustic
  2. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings; caustic:
  3. Cutting; sharp
caustic
That can burn, eat away, or destroy tissue by chemical action; corrosive
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  1. That can burn, eat away, or destroy tissue by chemical action; corrosive
  2. Given to making caustic remarks:
  3. Sarcastic or cutting; biting:
corrosive
Destroying or undermining something gradually
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  1. Destroying or undermining something gradually
  2. Bitingly sarcastic; cutting; acid
  3. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
cutting
Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.
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  1. Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.
  2. Capable of or designed for incising, shearing, or severing:
  3. Sharply penetrating; piercing:
mordacious
Given to biting; biting.
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  1. Given to biting; biting.
  2. Biting, sharp, acrid, or caustic
mordant
Bitingly painful.
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  1. Bitingly painful.
  2. Having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
  3. Biting, cutting, caustic, or sarcastic
pungent
To the point; sharp:
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  1. To the point; sharp:
  2. Producing a sharp sensation of taste or smell; acrid
  3. Penetrating, biting, or caustic:
scathing
Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical:
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  1. Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical:
  2. Harmful or painful; injurious.
  3. Searing; withering; harsh or caustic
sharp
Abrupt or acute:
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  1. Abrupt or acute:
  2. Strongly affecting the senses of smell and taste:
  3. Fierce or impetuous; violent:
slashing
(Informal) Huge
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  1. (Informal) Huge
  2. Bitingly critical or satiric:
  3. Severe; merciless; violent
stinging
Having the capacity to sting.
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  1. Having the capacity to sting.
trenchant
Forceful and clear; penetrating:
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  1. Forceful and clear; penetrating:
  2. (Archaic) Cutting; sharp
  3. Caustic; cutting:
truculent
Fierce; cruel; savage; ferocious
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  1. Fierce; cruel; savage; ferocious
  2. Disposed to violence; ferocious or cruel.
  3. Disposed or eager to fight or engage in hostile opposition; belligerent.
vitriolic
Of, similar to, or derived from a vitriol.
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  1. Of, similar to, or derived from a vitriol.
  2. Bitterly scathing; caustic: vitriolic criticism
  3. Extremely biting or caustic; sharp and bitter
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  • "Thanks for revealing your strategy," she said in an acid tone.

  • The first class include such changes as the alcoholic fermentation of sugar solutions, the acetic acid fermentation of alcohol, the lactic acid fermentation of milk sugar, and the putrefaction of animal and vegetable nitrogenous matter.

  • The acid, when distilled slowly, is decomposed and yields a and 0-angelica lactones.

  • It is universally found that the weights of two bases which neutralize the same weight of one acid are equivalent in their power of neutralizing other acids.

  • Lister for isolating a pure culture of lactic acid bacterium.

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