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How to sign: 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
Categories: chemical compound, compound
Within this category: alkapton, aminobenzoic acid, aqua regia, arsenic acid, barbituric acid, boric acid, boric acid, bromic acid, carbamic acid, carbolic acid, carbonic acid, carboxylic acid, cerotic acid, chloric acid, chlorous acid, chromic acid, citric acid, cyanamide, cyanic acid, cyanuric acid, dibasic acid, dichromic acid, ferricyanic acid, ferrocyanic acid, fluoroboric acid, fluosilicic acid, formic acid, fulminic acid, fumaric acid, gallic acid, gamma acid, glyceric acid, glycolic acid, hydriodic acid, hydrobromic acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrocyanic acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrogen chloride, hydroiodic acid, hydroxy acid, hypochlorous acid, hyponitrous acid, iodic acid, isocyanic acid, itaconic acid, lansoprazole, lysergic acid, maleic acid, manganic acid, methacrylic acid, monobasic acid, nitric acid, nitrous acid, oxalacetic acid, oxalic acid, oxyacid, pantothenic acid, para aminobenzoic acid, pectic acid, perchloric acid, permanganic acid, phthalic acid, picric acid, pyruvic acid, selenic acid, silicic acid, sulfanilic acid, sulfonic acid, tetrabasic acid, thiocyanic acid, titanic acid, toluic acid, tribasic acid, triphosphoric acid, undecylenic acid, uric acid, vitriol, xanthic acid
How to sign: harsh or corrosive in tone
"an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts;
Similiar / Same: blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, vitriolic, acerb, acerbic, acrid, venomous, bitter, virulent