Acid :: Acid (a.) Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered..

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

Acid :: Acid (n.) A sour substance.

Acid :: Acid (n.) One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their n

Acidic :: Acidic (a.) Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic.

Acidiferous :: Acidiferous (a.) Containing or yielding an acid.

Acidifiable :: Acidifiable (a.) Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid..

Acidific :: Acidific (a.) Producing acidity; converting into an acid.

Acidification :: Acidification (n.) The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid..

Acidified :: Acidified (imp. & p. p.) of Acidif.

Acidifier :: Acidifier (n.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc..

Acidify :: Acidify (v. t.) To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar..

Acidify :: Acidify (v. t.) To sour; to imbitter.

Acidifying :: Acidifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acidif.

Acidimeter :: Acidimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.

Acidimetry :: Acidimetry (n.) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required..

Acidity :: Acidity (n.) The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice..

Acidly :: Acidly (adv.) Sourly; tartly.

Acidness :: Acidness (n.) Acidity; sourness.

Acidulate :: Acidulate (v. t.) To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.

Acidulated :: Acidulated (imp. & p. p.) of Acidulat.

Acidulating :: Acidulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acidulat.

Acidulent :: Acidulent (a.) Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.

Acidulous :: Acidulous (a.) Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture..

Antacid :: Antacid (n.) A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent..

Antacid :: Antacid (a.) Counteractive of acidity.

Barbituric Acid :: Barbituric acid () A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea..

Biacid :: Biacid (a.) Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.

Cyanuric Acid :: Cyanuric acid () an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic acid. It is a white crystalline substance, odorless and almost tasteless; -- called also tricarbimide..

Diacid :: Diacid (a.) Divalent; -- said of a base or radical as capable of saturating two acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Cf. Dibasic, a., and Biacid..

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