picric
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of picric
1850–55; < Greek pikr ( ós ) bitter + -ic
Example Sentences
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One of the ships was a Belgian relief vessel; the other was the SS Mont-Blanc, a French munitions ship packed to the gills with explosives such as TNT, picric acid, benzol and guncotton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
Piper sat up all night reading chemistry books and announced the next day that the anesthetist was probably using chloropicrin, a heavy, colorless liquid made by chlorinating picric acid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seven days later they dressed his wound with mosquito netting soaked in picric acid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jaundice can be simulated by taking large doses of picric acid, but the yellowness thus produced is not quite that of true jaundice, and the picric acid can be detected in the malingerer's urine.
From Time Magazine Archive
This danger over, I next took the measurements, and estimated the weight, of the picric bomb.
From The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont by Barr, Robert
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