picric

[pik-rik]

adjective Chemistry.

Origin of picric

1850–55; < Greek pikr(ós) bitter + -ic

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Maybe—but so is picric acid; so is nitroglycerin; and so is pure gold.
Skylark Three
Edward Elmer Smith
This is not the case, however, as regards piperin and picric acid.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth
No,” said the purchaser, “that picric acid you have sent me is not an explosive.
Dynamite Stories
Hudson Maxim
Bleaching powder, lime, and picric acid are received by rail.
America's Munitions 1917-1918
Benedict Crowell
It is rapidly decomposed by an excess of alcohol into picric acid and anthracene, the solution assuming a yellow tint.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley