Nitric

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, derived from, or containing nitrogen, especially in a valence state higher than that in a comparable nitrous compound.
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  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of, pertaining to, or derived from niter: applied in chemistry to oxygen compounds of nitrogen which contain more oxygen than those other compounds to which the epithet nitrous is applied. See nitrous.
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  • adj. of or containing nitrogen
    • Antonym
    nitrous   
    Cross Reference
    nitric acid    nitric oxid    fuming nitric acid    nitric-acid furnace   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sulphuric    carbonic    oxalic    hydrochloric    anhydrous    sulfuric    nitrous    sulphurous    salicylic    acid   
     
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