acid
/ˈæsɪd/ adjective B2- Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar. · acid fruits or liquors
- Sour-tempered. · His response was harsh and acid.
- Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic. · acid soils
- Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
Comparative acider · Superlative acidest
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Has a white splash of acid upon his forehead.”
He looked round him at the scientific charts upon the wall, the acid-charred bench of chemicals, the violin-case leaning in the corner, the coal-scuttle, which contained of old the pipes and tobacco.
There were the chemical corner and the acid-stained, deal-topped table.
Then he ran to one of the cupboards in Valentine’s room, which had been transformed into a medicine closet, and taking from its silver case a small bottle of nitric acid, dropped a little of it into the liquor, which immediately changed to a blood-red color.
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