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[ US /ˈæsəd/ ]
[ US /ˈæsəd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- being sour to the taste
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having the characteristics of an acid
an acid reaction -
harsh or corrosive in tone
bitter words
an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
blistering criticism
a sulfurous denunciation
her acrid remarks make her many enemies
a vitriolic critique
a barrage of acid comments
NOUN
- any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
How To Use acid In A Sentence
- The ether gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, being converted into acetic acid; this, by its superior affinities, reacts on the iodide present, converting it into acetate, with liberation of hydriodic acid; while this latter, under the influence of the atmospheric oxygen, is very rapidly converted into water and iodine. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
- Poly-L-lactic acid is the same material used in absorbable sutures and offers an excellent safety profile. Archive 2004-11-01
- New antioxidants include ferulic acid, idebenone, ubiquinone coenzyme Q10, alpha lipoic acid, and resveratrol and are already making their way into our friendly neighborhood counters. You Being Beautiful
- Hannah's remembrances of things past, however, are sometimes skewed by subtle dissonances and a sense of anxiety that disturb the apparent placidity of his picture-perfect world.
- She was treated with intravenous folinic acid and antibiotics and was given transfusions of blood products.
- The authors of the second paper admit that “other variables … influence the binding avidity (preference), such as type of SA (sialic acid of the receptor site) and glycosylation and sialylation of the hemagglutinin close to the receptor binding site. †These factors all vary obviously and there are other variables in the equation as well including the status of specific areas of the immune system. Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer
- Acid-fast staining should be done if tuberculosis is clinically suspected.
- French authorities also confirmed that there was a vehicle containing around 100kg (220lb) of phenol - also known as carbolic acid - close to the site on fire. The Guardian World News
- This is a metabolic disorder whereby excess uric acid in the blood gets deposited in joints.
- When aniline is reacted with excess acetic acid under dehydration conditions a white, crystalline material is formed, acetanilide.
