Crossword-Solution: PICRIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Picric | a. | Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (called picric acid), intensely bitter. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “PICRIC”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Acid used in dyes. | 1 answer |
| Designating a monoacid used in explosives. | 1 answer |
| Exceedingly bitter in taste. | 1 answer |
| ___ acid (C6H3N3O7) | 1 answer |
| ___ acid, used in explosives. | 1 answer |
| Kind of acid | 22 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
ETEORCL
Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with PICRIC (5)
Where destruction pure and simple is desired, the shell is charged with a high explosive such as picric acid or T.N.T., the colloquial abbreviation for the devastating agent scientifically known as "Trinitrotoluene," the base of which, in common with all the high explosives used by the different powers and variously known as lyddite, melinite, cheddite, and so forth, is picric acid.
Picric acid is a crystalline bitter product extracted from coal-tar, and forming, in combination with potash, a yellow salt known as picrate of potash.
The explosive power of this substance is inferior to that of gun-cotton or of dynamite, but far greater than that of ordinary gunpowder; one grain of picric powder producing an effect equal to that of thirteen grains of common powder.
Pett about the difference between picric acid and trinitrotoluene, than which a pleasanter topic for the luncheon table could hardly be selected, and the voice of Clarence Renshaw rose above all other competing noises, as he spoke of the functions of the trochaic spondee.
The greatcoat of the man who still monotonously repeats, "What's the use of worrying?" now shows itself all green, bright green, the effect of the picric acid no doubt released by the explosion that has staggered his brain.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1943–2002).