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acidity
  1. The quality or state of being acid
  2. The quality of sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste, as in the acidity of lemon juice.
  3. (pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “He did not fear his opponents or, much less, the acidity of his critics.”
      “The last touch is some baby bok choy, its earthiness offset by the slight acidity of the sauce and the sweetness of the perfectly cooked scallops.”
      “Among whites, the traditional vinho verde is a summer quaff with practically electric acidity.”
acid
  1. A sour substance.
  2. (chemistry) Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:-
    1. Any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts.
    2. Any compound that easily donates protons; a Brønsted acid
    3. Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid
  3. (slang) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Estimations were now made of the amounts of carbon contained in the samples taken from those parts of a sectional face most strongly and also most faintly corroded by acid.”
      “What was the largest number of hippies dropping acid in the same place at the same time?”
acidophile
  1. an organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile
  2. a plant that will thrive in relatively acid soil
  3. Examples:
    1. “St. Maries and the iron-reducing acidophile Acidiphilium cryptum JF-5, both of which were unique to the digestive gland.”
      “Examples of acid vegetation include specific plant associations dominated by heath, sphagnum moss and many other acidophile plants.”
      “This study also suggested that another well known Fe-oxidizing acidophile, Leptospirillum ferrooxidans, could not account for the majority of microorganisms in most communities sampled.”
acidifier
  1. (chemistry) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Glucono delta-lactone is a naturally occurring food additive used as a sequestrant, an acidifier, or a curing, pickling or leavening agent.”
      “Additional products acquired expand Kemin's ruminant portfolio as well as enhance its acidifier portfolio.”
      “The report categorizes the feed acidifier market based by type, by livestock, and geography.”
acidopathy
  1. (medicine) A pathological accumulation of an acid in the body system.
acidulant
  1. A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste
  2. Examples:
    1. “She pointed out that most of the soft drinks use phosphoric acid as an acidulant.”
      “Another highlight was Purac FIT Plus, Corbion Purac's multi-purpose acidulant for beverages.”
      “Using lemon juice as acidulant has become increasingly important in recent years because of market trends toward using natural products that are free of additives.”
acidosis
  1. (pathology) An abnormally increased acidity of the blood.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Lactic acidosis, rhabdomyolysis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndromes can complicate this disease.”
      “She had the respiratory distress and metabolic acidosis of severe malaria, and needed blood urgently.”
      “Patients usually present during the first year of life with polyuria, polydipsia, dehydration, acidosis, and failure to thrive.”
acidolysis
  1. (chemistry) decomposition of a molecule under the influence of an acid
acidification
  1. The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Coral reefs, for instance, are suffering from the higher temperatures and the effects of acidification whilst also being weakened by bad fishing practices, pollution, siltation and toxic algal blooms.”
      “The nutrient solution was changed every week to limit the acidification, and was oxygenated by an aquarium pump.”
      “Acid rain falling back on Earth causes acidification of lakes and streams and contributes to damage of trees at high elevations.”
acidulousness
acidochromism
  1. (chemistry) A change in colour as the environment changes in acidity
acidophyte
  1. (botany) Any plant that thrives in an acidic environment
acidogenesis
  1. (biochemistry) The biochemical formation of acids
acidogenicity
  1. The condition or extent of being acidogenic
acidophilia
  1. affinity for acidic conditions
  2. Examples:
    1. “Several bundles of muscle just above the exocuticle are evident from their strong acidophilia after staining with hematoxylin and eosin.”
aciduria
  1. (medicine) The presence of an acid in the urine
  2. Examples:
    1. “Unusually high levels of malonic acid in the urine is often an indication of a genetic disorder known as malonic aciduria.”
      “Similarly, a devastating disorder called glutaric aciduria was traced to an amino acid problem, with a treatment devised to reduce the risk of brain damage.”
      “Conditions for which this effect has been demonstrated are: glutaric aciduria II, methyl malonic aciduria, propionic acidemia, and medium chain fatty acylCoA dehydrogenase deficiency.”
acidness
  1. acidity, sourness
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “That dish was pure Japanese, but the freshness of the fish and the acidness of the sauce made it very special.”
      “Then Old Man Todd cocked his eye up to Bill McCarthy and spoke with a kind of acidness in his tone.”
acidulation
  1. the act of acidulating
  2. Examples:
    1. “Hence, to keep milk for some time and prevent its turning sour of its own accord, this acidulation of the sugar of milk must be delayed.”
      “Usually acidulation is done with less expensive citric acid, rather than tartaric acid, the acid of wine grapes.”
      “The degree of acidulation does not appear to be very important, but about one-tenth per cent of strong acid does well.”
acidization
  1. The process of acidizing.
acidifications
  1. plural of acidification
acidogenicities
  1. plural of acidogenicity
acidizations
  1. plural of acidization
acidulations
  1. plural of acidulation
acidolyses
  1. plural of acidolysis
acidophiles
  1. plural of acidophile
acidophytes
  1. plural of acidophyte
acidifiers
  1. plural of acidifier
acidulants
  1. plural of acidulant
acidoses
acidurias
  1. plural of aciduria
acidities
acids
  1. plural of acid
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “When dealing with acids and bases, remember the uniqueness of hydrogen bonds.”
      “The fatty acids employed were sodium butyrate,. sodium caproate, palmitic acid, stearic acid and linoleic acid.”
      “Also, a combination of the amino acids glycine, alanine and glutamic acid can relieve symptoms of prostatitis.”
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