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A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated.

A salt of molybdic acid.

Capable of being neutralized by a univalent base or basic radical; having but one acid hydrogen atom to be replaced; -- said of acids; as, acetic, nitric, and hydrochloric acids are monobasic.

Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid.

A salt of moric acid.

Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see Morin); as, moric acid.

A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); -- called also moric acid.

Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. See Moringa.

Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid extracted from fustic (Maclura, formerly Morus, tinctoria) as a yellow crystalline substance; -- called also maclurin.

The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

A salt of mucic acid.

Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite, etc., as a white crystalline substance isomeric with saccharic acid.

A salt of muconic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid, obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid.

rns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid.

A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia.

Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid.

, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric. Muriatic acid, hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called also marine acid, and spirit of salt. See hydrochloric, and the Note under Muriate.

s candicans), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp.

Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid of the alloxan group, obtained as a honey-yellow powder. Its solutions have a gelatinous consistency.