Words starting with acid
4 letter words starting with acid
- acid — An acid is a chemical substance, usually a liquid, which contains hydrogen and can react with other substances to form salts. Some acids burn or dissolve other substances that they come into contact with.
- acid anhydride — a compound formed by removing water from a more complex compound: an oxide of a nonmetal (acid anhydride) or a metal (basic anhydride) that forms an acid or a base, respectively, when united with water.
- acid cell — Electricity. a cell using an acid electrolyte.
- acid drop — a boiled sweet with a sharp taste
- acid dust — air-polluting particles of dust, usually wind-borne, having high concentrations of acid.
5 letter words starting with acid
6 letter words starting with acid
- acidic — Acidic substances contain acid.
- acidly — Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
7 letter words starting with acid
- acidify — to convert into or become acid
- acidity — the quality or state of being acid
- acidity regulator — a substance, such as citric acid, added to food to change or maintain its pH value
8 letter words starting with acid
- acidemia — a state of abnormally high acidity of the blood due to an increase in hydrogen ions
- acidemic — Alternative form of acidaemic.
- acidhead — a person who uses LSD
- acidness — Acidity, sourness.
- acidosis — a condition characterized by an abnormal increase in the acidity of the blood and extracellular fluids
9 letter words starting with acid
- acid-fast — (of bacteria and tissues) resistant to decolorization by mineral acids after staining
- acid-head — a person who habitually takes the drug LSD.
- acidaemia — (medicine) a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in a person's blood.
- acidaemic — Pertaining to, or afflicted with, acidaemia.
- acidified — Simple past tense and past participle of acidify.
10 letter words starting with acid
- acid-proof — resistant to the action of acid
- acidifying — Present participle of acidify.
- acidimeter — any instrument or standard solution for determining the amount of acid in a sample solution
- acidimetry — the determination of the amount of acid present in a solution, measured by an acidimeter or by volumetric analysis
- acidogenic — producing acid, as bacteria, or causing acidity, as of the urine.
11 letter words starting with acid
- acid-loving — (of a plant) requiring a pH of 4.5 to 5.5 for optimal growth.
- acid-washed — (of a denim garment) processed with a bleach solution so that the color becomes faded and grayish.
- acidanthera — any plant of the African cormous genus Acidanthera, cultivated for its graceful tubular white and red or white and purple flowers, often scented: family Iridaceae
- acidimeters — Plural form of acidimeter.
- acidimetric — (chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an acid.
12 letter words starting with acid
- acid-forming — (of an oxide or element) yielding an acid when dissolved in water or having an oxide that forms an acid in water; acidic
- acid-tongued — bitingly critical or sarcastic; sharp-tongued: a critic famous for his acid-tongued reviews.
- acidophilous — thriving in an acidic environment
13 letter words starting with acid
- acidification — The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
- acidulousness — A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
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