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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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15 words match “ACIDITY”

ACIDITY n.
The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.
PLACIDITY n.
The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity. Hawthorne.
ACIDIFIC a.
Producing acidity; converting into an acid. Dana.
ACIDIFIER n.
A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
ACIDNESS n.
Acidity; sourness.
ANTACID n. 2 definitions
A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent. -- a.
CORRECT v.
thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.
CORRECTION n.
he counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.
DULCIFY v.
To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony. Wiseman.
EDULCORANT a.
Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
EDULCORATE v.
To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity. Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar. Evelyn.
INDICATOR n.
That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis.
SALSO-ACID a.
Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid. [R.]
SATURANT n.
An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.
TARTLY adv.
In a tart manner; with acidity.