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Multi-word Results
| cyanic acid |
a colorless, poisonous, volatile acid with a pronounced odor of almonds. |
| deoxyribonucleic acid |
see "DNA." |
| fatty acid |
any of a large class of acids, such as palmitic, stearic, and oleic, that occur naturally in animal and vegetable fats and oils. |
| folic acid |
folacin. |
| formic acid |
a colorless, caustic organic acid, naturally emitted by ants, nettles, spiders, and the like as a stinging defense, and synthetically produced for use in a variety of industrial processes. |
| fulminic acid |
an unstable acid, the salts of which are used in explosives. |
| gallic acid |
a clear, crystalline acid derived from tannin, used in photography and in inks and dyes. |
| glutamic acid |
a nonessential amino acid found in proteins that is used as a salt flavoring on meats and other foods. |
| hydrochloric acid |
a strong poisonous acid of hydrogen and chlorine in a water solution, esp. used for industrial and chemical purposes. |
| hydrocyanic acid |
a highly poisonous, flammable solution of hydrogen cyanide in water, used in manufacturing, working with metals, and the like; prussic acid. |
| hydrofluoric acid |
a highly poisonous water solution of hydrogen fluoride, colorless and corrosive, used esp. in etching glass. |
| hypochlorous acid |
a weak acid found only in solution or in its salt form, used for oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting. |
| hypophosphoric acid |
an acid that results from exposing phosphorous to moist air. |
| hypophosphorous acid |
a strong crystalline acid, colorless or slightly yellow, used as a reducing agent. |
| hyposulfurous acid |
an unstable acid found only in solution or in the form of its salts, used as a bleaching and reducing agent. |
| lactic acid |
a yellowish or colorless organic acid produced from sucrose or lactose, as through the souring of milk or in the body as a result of vigorous exercise, and used in medicine and dyeing or as a flavoring or preservative in foods. |
| lysergic acid diethylamide |
see "LSD." |
| malic acid |
a crystalline acid found esp. in unripe fruit such as apples and tomatoes. |
| nicotinic acid |
niacin. |
| nitric acid |
a colorless, volatile, highly corrosive acid with strong oxidizing properties. |
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