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Definitions for: Acid
[n] a powerful hallucinogenic drug
[n]
[adj] (chemistry) containing acid; "an acid taste"
[adj] 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 and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"
Webster (1913) Definition: Ac"id, a. [L. acidus sour, fr. the root ak to be sharp:
cf. F. acide. Cf. Acute.]
1. Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the
taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.:
Sour-tempered.
He was stern and his face as acid as ever. --A.
Trollope.
2. Of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction.
Ac"id, n.
1. A sour substance.
2. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds, generally but not
always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in
water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors.
They are also characterized by the power of destroying the
distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining
with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own
peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united
with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or
more generally with oxygen, and take their names from this
negative element or radical. Those which contain no oxygen
are sometimes called hydracids in distinction from the
others which are called oxygen acids or oxacids.
Note: In certain cases, sulphur, selenium, or tellurium may
take the place of oxygen, and the corresponding
compounds are called respectively sulphur acids or
sulphacids, selenium acids, or tellurium acids.
When the hydrogen of an acid is replaced by a positive
element or radical, a salt is formed, and hence acids
are sometimes named as salts of hydrogen; as hydrogen
nitrate for nitric acid, hydrogen sulphate for
sulphuric acid, etc. In the old chemistry the name acid
was applied to the oxides of the negative or
nonmetallic elements, now sometimes called anhydrides.
Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acidic, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, sulfurous, sulphurous, unpleasant, venomous, virulent, vitriolic
See Also: 2-methylpropenoic acid, alcapton, alkapton, aminobenzoic acid, aqua fortis, aqua regia, arsenic acid, barbituric acid, boracic acid, boric acid, bromic acid, carbamic acid, carbolic acid, carbonic acid, carboxylic acid, cerotic acid, chemical compound, chloric acid, chlorous acid, chromic acid, citric acid, compound, cyanamid, cyanamide, cyanic acid, cyanuric acid, dibasic acid, drug of abuse, ferricyanic acid, ferrocyanic acid, fluoroboric acid, fluosilicic acid, formic acid, fulminic acid, fumaric acid, gallic acid, gamma acid, glyceric acid, glycolic acid, glycollic acid, hallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug, hexacosanoic acid, homogentisic acid, hydriodic acid, hydrobromic acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrocyanic acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrofluosilicic acid, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, hydroiodic acid, hydroxy acid, hydroxyacetic acid, hydroxybenzene, hyponitrous acid, lansoprazole, lysergic acid, malonylurea, manganic acid, methacrylic acid, monobasic acid, nitric acid, nitrohydrochloric acid, nitrous acid, orthoboric acid, oxybenzene, perchloric acid, phenol, phenylic acid, Prevacid, Prussic acid, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug, selenic acid, street drug, sulfonic acid, sulphonic acid, tetrabasic acid, titanic acid, tribasic acid
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