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Encaustic :: Encaustic (a.) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.

Acrid :: Acrid (a.) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing..

Caustic :: Caustic (a.) Alt. of Caustica.

Resorcin :: Resorcin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin..

Caustic :: Caustic (a.) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

Acrimonious :: Acrimonious (a.) Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper..

Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery..

Rhusma :: Rhusma (n.) A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, -- used in the depilation of hides..

Diogenes :: Diogenes (n.) A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings..

Sepia :: Sepia (n.) A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India..

Indol :: Indol (n.) A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora..

Causticness :: Causticness (n.) The quality of being caustic; causticity.

Potash :: Potash (n.) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash..

Biting :: Biting (a.) That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.

Corrode :: Corrode (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali..

Caustically :: Caustically (adv.) In a caustic manner.

Caustical :: Caustical (a.) Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.

Pyrotic :: Pyrotic (n.) A caustic medicine.

Alkali :: Alkali (n.) Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc..

Vienna Paste :: Vienna paste () A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime; -- called also Vienna caustic.

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