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CAUSTIC |
Acrid |
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BITTER |
Acrid |
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BITTERNESS |
Acrid taste |
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PUNGENT |
Acrid to taste |
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COLD |
Not pungent or acrid. |
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SUBACRID |
Moderalely acrid or harsh. |
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ACRIMONIOUS |
Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. |
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HOT |
Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard. |
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MORDICANT |
Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body. |
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ACRID |
Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid
secretions. |
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ICHOR |
A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc. |
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ASBOLIN |
A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot. |
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MONESIN |
The acrid principle of Monesia, sometimes used as a
medicine. |
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ANEMONIN |
An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained
from some species of anemone. |
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WATER PLANTAIN |
A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d
Plantain. |
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ANEMONIC |
An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained
from, the anemone, or from anemonin. |
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HYDROPIPER |
A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid
foliage; water pepper; smartweed. |
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MEZEREON |
A small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid
bark is used in medicine. |
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WOLF'S-MILK |
Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); -- so called from its
acrid milky juice. |
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WHITLOW |
An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the
hoof, where an acrid matter is collected. |
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WATER CELERY |
A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in
ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot. |
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CAPSULE |
A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in
which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed. |
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CANTHARIDIN |
The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly,
a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms. |
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ACRIDNESS |
The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant
bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech. |
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SMARTWEED |
An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper),
which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender. |