acid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ăs'ĭd
ipa: /ˈæsɪd/
rhymes: -æsɪd
Forms: form: acider
form: acidest
Etymology: From French acide, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”), from aceō (“I am sour”). Doublet of agita and acetic.
Senses: examples: text: acid fruits or liquors
glosses: Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
examples: text: His response was harsh and acid.
text: His voice was as stern and his face as acid as ever.
ref: 1864, Anthony Trollope, The Small House at Allington, 2nd edition, volume 2, Smith, Elder & Co., page 235:
text: It must be admitted that Challenger is provocative in the last degree, but Summerlee has an acid tongue, which makes matters worse.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.
ref: 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), page 373, column 2:
glosses: Sour-tempered.
examples: text: acid soils
text: Like other nyssas, it is in nature a creature of swampy places and looks loveliest where massed close to water and reflected in it, but justifies itself elsewhere if the soil is moist and acid, succeeding in wet clay.
ref: 1975, Peter N. Barber, Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips, The Trees Around Us, page 101:
glosses: Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
Synonyms: acidic
Derived terms: abietic acid
abscisic acid
acacic acid
acanthoic acid
aceburic acid
aceconitic acid
aceneuramic acid
acetacetic acid
acetamidohexanoic acid
acetoacetic acid
acetohydroxamic acid
acetohydroxy acid
acetolactic acid
acetonedicarboxylic acid
acetous acid
acetrizoic acid
aceturic acid
acetylenecarboxylic acid
acetylglutamic acid
acetylmuramic acid
acetylneuraminic acid
acetyltannic acid
acexamic acid
achilleic acid
acidaemia
acid amide
acid anhydride
acid attack
acid-base
acid-base pair
acid bomb
acid breaks
acid chloride
acidcore
acid dissociation constant
acid drop
acidemia
acidergic
acid-fastness
acid-free
acid house
acidimetre
acidimetric
acidimetry
acid indigestion
acidise
acidization
acidize
acid jazz
acidless
acid lime
acid mordant
acidness
acid number
acidocyte
acidogenesis
acidogenic
acidoid
acidolysis
acidometer
acidophil
acidophilia
acidophyte
acidopore
acidotropic
acid reflux
acid rock
acid snow
acid-stable
acid-tongued
aciduria
acid value
acid-wash
acid-washable
acid weed
acidy
acitretin
aconic acid
aconitic acid
actinidic acid
adamantanoic acid
adenylic acid
adenylosuccinic acid
adrenic acid
aesculic acid
agaricic acid
agaricinic acid
aldaric acid
aldehydic acid
aldobiuronic acid
aldoheptonic acid
aldohexonic acid
aldohexuronic acid
aldonic acid
aldopentonic acid
aldotetronic acid
aldotrionic acid
aldouronic acid
alectoronic acid
alendronic acid
alien nucleic acid
alkalonic acid
alkanesulfonic acid
alkanoic acid
alkynoic acid
allantoic acid
allanturic acid
allaric acid
allenoic acid
allomucic acid
allonic acid
allophanic acid
alloxanic acid
all-trans retinoic acid
alpha acid
alpha-amino acid
alpha linolenic acid
altraric acid
altronic acid
aluminic acid
ambreic acid
amfonelic acid
amic acid
amidopropionic acid
amidotrizoic acid
aminoacetic acid
aminoadipic acid
aminobenzoic acid
aminobutanoic acid
aminobutyric acid
aminocaproic acid
aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid
aminohexanoic acid
aminohydroxamic acid
aminoisobutyric acid
aminolaevulinic acid
aminolevulinic acid
aminomethylbenzoic acid
aminomethylphosphonic acid
aminooxyacetic acid
aminophosphinic acid
aminophosphonic acid
aminopolycarboxylic acid
aminosalicylic acid
aminoshikimic acid
amygdalic acid
anacardic acid
anemonic acid
angelic acid
angelicic acid
anilic acid
anilinobenzoic acid
anisic acid
anofinic acid
antacid
anthranilic acid
antiacid
antimonic acid
apic acid
apiolic acid
arabinoic acid
arabinonucleic acid
argininosuccinic acid
arginosuccinic acid
aristolochic acid
arjunolic acid
arogenic acid
arsanilic acid
arsenious acid
arsinic acid
arsinous acid
arsonic acid
arsonous acid
artelinic acid
artemisinic acid
asparaginic acid
asparagusic acid
aspergillic acid
aureolic acid
auric acid
aurintricarboxylic acid
azelaic acid
azidobenzoic acid
azidoformic acid
azinic acid
azodicarboxylic acid
azoleic acid
azonic acid
Badische acid
barbatic acid
barbituric acid
bartogenic acid
battery acid
behenic acid
bempedoic acid
bendazolic acid
benzenearsonous acid
benzenedicarboxylic acid
benzenesulfonic acid
benzhydroxamic acid
benzilic acid
benzohydroxamic acid
benzotriazolic acid
beta-amino acid
betalamic acid
betulinamaric acid
betulinic acid
betulonic acid
biacid
bichloroacetic acid
bicinchoninic acid
biphosphoglyceric acid
bisamino acid
bishydroxamic acid
blotter acid
boletic acid
bombic acid
bombycic acid
bongkrek acid
bongkrekic acid
boninic acid
boracic acid
borinic acid
boroamino acid
borofluoric acid
boronic acid
boswellic acid
botcinic acid
bovinic acid
brassic acid
brassidic acid
bridged nucleic acid
bromoacetic acid
bromobenzenesulfonic acid
bromobenzenesulphonic acid
bromopyruvic acid
bromous acid
Bronner's acid
Bronsted acid
Brønsted-Lowry acid
Bronsted-Lowry acid
butadienoic acid
butanedicarboxylic acid
butanedioic acid
butanoic acid
butenoic acid
butylboronic acid
byssochlamic acid
cacodylic acid
caffeic acid
caffeoylquinic acid
caffetannic acid
caftaric acid
cahincic acid
calcitroic acid
calendic acid
camphocarboxylic acid
campholic acid
camphoric acid
camphoronic acid
camphorsulfonic acid
camphorsulphonic acid
camphretic acid
cannabichromenic acid
cannabidiolic acid
cannabigerolic acid
cannabinerolic acid
canrenoic acid
carballylic acid
carbanilic acid
carbazic acid
carbazotic acid
carbonic acid gas
carboxyglutamic acid
carglumic acid
carminic acid
carnaubic acid
carnic acid
carnosic acid
Caro's acid
carotenoic acid
carthamic acid
casamino acid
catalpic acid
cellobionic acid
cellotrionic acid
cephalosporanic acid
cerebric acid
cerebronic acid
ceroplastic acid
cerotinic acid
cervonic acid
cetic acid
cetoleic acid
cetraric acid
cevadic acid
cevitamic acid
chaetomellic acid
chalybaeizanic acid
chaulmoogric acid
chebulagic acid
chebulic acid
chebulinic acid
chelidamic acid
chelidonic acid
chenodeoxycholic acid
chenodeoxyglycocholic acid
chenodesoxycholic acid
chinic acid
chiodectonic acid
chlodronic acid
chloranilic acid
chloroacetic acid
chloroauric acid
chloroazotic acid
chlorocarbonic acid
chloroethanoic acid
chloroformic acid
chlorogenic acid
chlorokojic acid
chloromercuribenzoic acid
chloroplatinic acid
chlorosulfonic acid
chlorosulfuric acid
chlorous acid
cholaic acid
cholanoic acid
choleic acid
cholinic acid
chorismic acid
chrome-sulfuric acid
chromotropic acid
chrysanthemic acid
chrysophanic acid
chyazic acid
cichoric acid
cicloxilic acid
cimicic acid
cinchomeronic acid
cinchonic acid
cinnamic acid
citraconic acid
citramalic acid
citric acid cycle
citronellic acid
clavaric acid
clavulanic acid
clodronic acid
clofibric acid
clupanodonic acid
cobalticyanic acid
cobinic acid
coccinic acid
cochinelic acid
colanic acid
columbic acid
columbinic acid
comenic acid
complicatic acid
conidendric acid
conjugate acid-base pair
conpsoromic acid
consquamatic acid
copaibic acid
copaivic acid
coprocholic acid
cornic acid
coronafacic acid
coronamic acid
corosolic acid
corynemycolic acid
corynomycolic acid
coumaric acid
coumarilic acid
coumarinic acid
coutaric acid
creatinephosphoric acid
creatine-phosphoric acid
crenic acid
crepenynic acid
cresylic acid
croconic acid
cromoglicic acid
cryptochlorogenic acid
cryptochlorophaeic acid
cryptoporic acid
cubebic acid
cumic acid
cyanoacetic acid
cyanoacrylic acid
cyanocarbon acid
cyanoformic acid
cycloalkanecarboxylic acid
cyclobutaneacetic acid
cyclohexanoic acid
cyclopentanoic acid
cyclopiazonic acid
cyclopropanecarboxylic acid
cylindrospermic acid
cymarylic acid
cypionic acid
cysteic acid
cytidylic acid
dafachronic acid
Dahl's acid
daturic acid
decadienoic acid
decanedioic acid
decanoic acid
decarboxythamnolic acid
decatoic acid
decenoic acid
decoic acid
deduced amino acid sequence
dehydroacetic acid
dehydroamino acid
dehydrocholic acid
dehydroquinic acid
dehydroshikimic acid
delphinic acid
delta acid
deltic acid
deoxyadenylic acid
deoxycholic acid
deoxycytidylic acid
deoxygluconic acid
deoxyribose nucleic acid
deoxyuridylic acid
desoxyribonucleic acid
desoxyribose nucleic acid
dextronic acid
dextrotartaric acid
diacetic acid
diacid
dialuric acid
diaminopimelic acid
diatrizoic acid
diazoacetic acid
diazoic acid
dicarboxylic acid
dichloroacetic acid
dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
dichromic acid
dienoic acid
diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
diffractaic acid
diglycolic acid
dihomolinoleic acid
dihydroartemisinic acid
dihydrokainic acid
dihydrolipoic acid
dihydroxybenzoic acid
dihydroxysuccinic acid
diiodosalicylic acid
diketo acid
dimercaptosuccinic acid
dimethylarsinic acid
dioic acid
diphosphoric acid
dipicolinic acid
disulphuric acid
dithioacetic acid
dithiobenzoic acid
dithiocarbamic acid
dithionic acid
dithionitrobenzoic acid
dithionous acid
divaricatic acid
djenkolic acid
docosadienoic acid
docosahexaenoic acid
docosanoic acid
docosapentaenoic acid
docosatetraenoic acid
docosenoic acid
dodecanedioic acid
dodecanoic acid
dodecenoic acid
doeglic acid
doisynolic acid
dolichoic acid
domoic acid
dotriacontanoic acid
Dressel acid
drop acid
durylic acid
ecdysonoic acid
edetic acid
egtazic acid
eicosadienoic acid
eicosaenoic acid
eicosanoic acid
eicosapentaenoic acid
eicosapentanoic acid
eicosatetraenoic acid
eicosatetraynoic acid
eicosatrienoic acid
eicosenoic acid
elaeomargaric acid
elaidic acid
elaïdic acid
elaidinic acid
elaiodic acid
eleomargaric acid
eleostearic acid
ellagic acid
elmiric acid
embonic acid
emulsic acid
enamino acid
enanthic acid
enedioic acid
enoic acid
epibetulinic acid
epoxyeicosapentaenoic acid
epoxyeicosatrienoic acid
equisetic acid
erythorbic acid
erythraric acid
erythroleic acid
erythronic acid
esculic acid
essential amino acid
essential fatty acid
etabonic acid
etacrynic acid
ethacrynic acid
ethanedisulfonic acid
ethanesulfonic acid
ethionic acid
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
ethylenediaminetetracetic acid
ethylsulphuric acid
etianic acid
etidronic acid
euchroic acid
eudesmic acid
euscaphic acid
euxanthic acid
evernic acid
exocarpic acid
farnesoic acid
fenamic acid
fenclozic acid
fenofibric acid
ferric acid
ferrocyanic acid
fertaric acid
ferulic acid
filicic acid
flufenamic acid
fluoboric acid
fluoro acid air
fluoroantimonic acid
fluoroboric acid
fluoroorotic acid
fluorosilicic acid
folic acid
folinic acid
formiminoglutamic acid
frangulic acid
frangulinic acid
free fatty acid
fulminuric acid
fulvic acid
fuming sulfuric acid
fuming sulphuric acid
furilic acid
furoic acid
fusaric acid
gadic acid
gadobenic acid
gadoleic acid
gadopentetic acid
gadoteric acid
gadoxetic acid
gaidic acid
galactaric acid
galactonic acid
galacturonic acid
gallagic acid
gallic acid
gallotannic acid
gambodic acid
gambogenic acid
gambogic acid
gamma-aminobutyric acid
gamma-hydroxybutyric acid
gamolenic acid
ganoderic acid
garcinoic acid
gastric acid
geddic acid
geic acid
gelsemic acid
gelseminic acid
geniposidic acid
gentianic acid
gentisic acid
geranic acid
germanic acid
gheddic acid
glacial acetic acid
glacial acid
glaucic acid
glucaric acid
glucoascorbic acid
glucocaffeic acid
glucoheptanoic acid
glucoheptonic acid
glucopyranuronic acid
glucosaminic acid
glucosiduronic acid
glucosinolic acid
glucuronic acid
glutaconic acid
glutaric acid
glycaric acid
glycerophosphoric acid
glycinohydroxamic acid
glyco-amino-acid
glycochenodeoxycholic acid
glycocholic acid
glycodeoxycholic acid
glycollic acid
glycol nucleic acid
glyconic acid
glycosidic acid
glycosinolic acid
glycosyl-amino-acid
glycuronic acid
glycyrrhetinic acid
glycyrrhizic acid
glycyrrhizinic acid
glyoxalic acid
glyoxylic acid
gondoic acid
gorlic acid
graphitic acid
guanidinosuccinic acid
guanylic acid
gularic acid
guluronic acid
gymnemic acid
gyrophoric acid
haemathamnolic acid
haloacetic acid
haloacid
haloboronic acid
hederic acid
helvellic acid
helvolic acid
hemicarbonic acid
heneicosanoic acid
heneicosapentaenoic acid
hennotannic acid
hentriacontanoic acid
heptacosanoic acid
heptadecanoic acid
heptadecatrienoic acid
heptadecenoic acid
heptafluorobutyric acid
heptanoic acid
heptatriacontanoic acid
heptenoic acid
heptoic acid
heptynoic acid
heteropoly acid
hexacarboxylic acid
hexachloroplatinic acid
hexacid
hexacosanoic acid
hexacosenoic acid
hexadecanedioic acid
hexadecanoic acid
hexadecatrienoic acid
hexadecenoic acid
hexaenoic acid
hexafluorophosphoric acid
hexahydroxydiphenic acid
hexanoic acid
hexatetracontanoic acid
hexatriacontanoic acid
hexenoic acid
hexuronic acid
hexynoic acid
hiascic acid
hipposudoric acid
hippuric acid
hircic acid
hirsutic acid
homoaconitic acid
homocitric acid
homogentisic acid
homopantothenic acid
homopolygalacturonic acid
homosekikaic acid
homovanillic acid
homoveratric acid
hopantenic acid
hordeic acid
hyaluronic acid
hydantoic acid
hydnocarpic acid
hydracid
hydracrylic acid
hydrazinecarboxylic acid
hydrazoic acid
hydrazonic acid
hydrazonoic acid
hydric acid
hydrocinnamic acid
hydroferrocyanic acid
hydrofluosilicic acid
hydrogen acid
hydrohalic acid
hydrohydroxic acid
hydroiodic acid
hydromellonic acid
hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid
hydrosorbic acid
hydrosulfuric acid
hydrosulfurous acid
hydrosulphuric acid
hydroxamic acid
hydroxic acid
hydroxilic acid
hydroximic acid
hydroxyacetic acid
hydroxybenzoic acid
hydroxybutyric acid
hydroxycinnamic acid
hydroxycitric acid
hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid
hydroxyglutaric acid
hydroxyisovaleric acid
hydroxylic acid
hydroxymyristic acid
hydroxypyruvic acid
hydroxystearic acid
hyperacid
hypoacid
hypogaeic acid
hypogeic acid
hyponitric acid
hyponitrous acid
hypophosphoric acid
hyposulfurous acid
hypothamnolic acid
ibandronic acid
ibotenic acid
icosapentaenoic acid
idonic acid
iduronic acid
ilicic acid
imidic acid
imido acid
iminoacetic acid
imino acid
iminoaspartic acid
iminodiacetic acid
incadronic acid
indigotic acid
inosinic acid
iobenzamic acid
iocarmic acid
iocetamic acid
iodic acid
iodoacetic acid
iodobehenic acid
iodous acid
iodoxamic acid
iodoxybenzoic acid
ioglicic acid
ioglycamic acid
iopanoic acid
iopodic acid
iotalamic acid
iotroxic acid
ioxaglic acid
ioxitalamic acid
ioxithalamic acid
ipecacuanhic acid
isatic acid
isatinic acid
isatropic acid
isethionic acid
isoacid
isoascorbic acid
isobutylphenyl propionic acid
isocaproic acid
isochlorogenic acid
isocitric acid
isocyanic acid
isocyanuric acid
isoferulic acid
isolithocholic acid
isonicotinic acid
isononanoic acid
isopalmitic acid
isophthalic acid
isopimaric acid
isopoly acid
isopropylmalic acid
isopropylmethylphosphonic acid
isorumelenic acid
isosaccharinic acid
isostearic acid
isosulphocyanic acid
isouric acid
isovaleric acid
isovanillic acid
isoxerocomic acid
itaconic acid
itamalic acid
itatartaric acid
jacaric acid
jalapic acid
jalapinolic acid
jasmonic acid
juniperic acid
kacemic acid
kainic acid
kaurenoic acid
kermesic acid
ketoacid
keto acid
ketoadipic acid
ketoaldonic acid
ketocarboxylic acid
ketoglutaric acid
ketoisovaleric acid
keto-mycolic acid
ketomycolic acid
ketopantoic acid
ketosuccinic acid
kinic acid
kinotannic acid
kinovic acid
kojic acid
komenic acid
kulonic acid
kynurenic acid
labiatic acid
lacceroic acid
laccic acid
lactamic acid
lactobacillic acid
lactobionic acid
lactucic acid
lacturamic acid
laevulinic acid
lampic acid
lantanuric acid
larixinic acid
Laurent's acid
lead-acid
lecanoric acid
legionaminic acid
lepidotic acid
lesquerolic acid
leucic acid
leucinic acid
leuconic acid
leucoturic acid
levofolinic acid
levomefolic acid
levulinic acid
lichenic acid
lichesterinic acid
lignoceric acid
limonoic acid
linoelaidic acid
lipoamino acid
lipoic acid
lipoteichoic acid
lithic acid
lithobilic acid
lithocholic acid
lithofellic acid
lithospermic acid
locked nucleic acid
loganic acid
lucidenic acid
lupulinic acid
luteic acid
lycopenoic acid
lysergic acid amide
lysophosphatidic acid
lyxonic acid
madecassic acid
magic acid
mahogany acid
maizenic acid
malamic acid
maleamic acid
maleylacetoacetic acid
malonamic acid
maltonic acid
malvalic acid
mandelic acid
manganic acid
mannaric acid
mannonic acid
mannosaminuronic acid
mannuronic acid
margaritic acid
marine acid
marine acid air
maslinic acid
mebutic acid
meclofenamic acid
meconic acid
meconinic acid
medronic acid
mefenamic acid
melanurenic acid
melanuric acid
melassic acid
melibionic acid
melilotic acid
melissic acid
mellic acid
mellitic acid
menispermic acid
mephenamic acid
mephitic acid
mercaptoacetic acid
mercaptobenzoic acid
mercaptocarboxylic acid
mercaptopropionic acid
mercaptoundecanoic acid
mercapturic acid
merochlorophaeic acid
meromycolic acid
merulinic acid
mesaconic acid
mesotartaric acid
mesoxalic acid
metaboric acid
metachloroperoxybenzoic acid
metagallic acid
metapectic acid
metasaccharinic acid
metasilicic acid
metastannic acid
metatartaric acid
metatitanic acid
metatungstic acid
metavanadic acid
methanesulfonic acid
methanesulphonic acid
methanoic acid
methionic acid
methoxymalonic acid
methoxymycolic acid
methylarsonic acid
methylarsonous acid
methylchlorophenoxypropionic acid
methylglutaconic acid
methylglutaric acid
methylmalonic acid
methylnorhomosekikaic acid
metrizoic acid
mevaldic acid
mevalonic acid
microphyllinic acid
microribonucleic acid
milk acid
mimotannic acid
mineral acid
minodronic acid
molybdic acid
monacid
monoacid
monomethylarsonic acid
monomethylarsonous acid
monothionic acid
montanic acid
moric acid
moringic acid
morintannic acid
moritannic acid
moroctic acid
moronic acid
moroxylic acid
morrhuic acid
muconic acid
mucous acid
muramic acid
muricholic acid
mycocerosic acid
mycolic acid
mycolipanoic acid
mycolipanolic acid
mycolipenic acid
mycomelic acid
naphthenic acid
naphthionic acid
nebraskanic acid
niacin
nicotinohydroxamic acid
nonacid
Nordhausen acid
obeticholic acid
olivetoric acid
orthoacid
overacid
oxoacid
oxyacid
pentacid
peracid
peroxyacid
peroxytrifluoroacetic acid
phenoxyacid
phosphotungstovanadic acid
photoacid
pinastric acid
polyacid
porphyrilic acid
propionohydroxamic acid
psyllic acid
purreic acid
pyroacid
pyrotritaric acid
pythocholic acid
red fuming nitric acid
rhodeoretinic acid
salicylhydroxamic acid
scammonic acid
semiacid
skacid
stipitatic acid
stomach acid
strychnic acid
subacid
sulfacid
sulfoacid
sulphoacid
superacid
talonic acid
telfairic acid
tetraacid
tetracid
thermoacidophile
thioacid
thionitrobenzoic acid
thiophanic acid
Tobias acid
triacid
trichloroisocyanuric acid
trifluoroethaneperoxoic acid
trifluoroperacetic acid
trihydroxybenzoic acid
truxillic acid
uroxanic acid
uvic acid
vegetable acid
white fuming nitric acid
wood acid
xenyhexenic acid
zaragozic acid