Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of caustic is as below...

Erodent :: Erodent (n.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.

Pyrotic :: Pyrotic (a.) Caustic. See Caustic.

Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.

Vienna Paste :: Vienna paste () A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime; -- called also Vienna caustic.

Metacrolein :: Metacrolein (n.) A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating it with caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an aromatic odor.

Encaustic :: Encaustic (a.) The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors..

Caustic :: Caustic (a.) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

Catheretic :: Catheretic (n.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.

Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery..

Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.

Causticness :: Causticness (n.) The quality of being caustic; causticity.

Cauterize :: Cauterize (v. t.) To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.

Acrid :: Acrid (a.) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing..

Caustical :: Caustical (a.) Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.

Causticily :: Causticily (n.) The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash..

Carnivorous :: Carnivorous (a.) Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics..

Diogenes :: Diogenes (n.) A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings..

Caustically :: Caustically (adv.) In a caustic manner.

Lye :: Lye (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc..

Mordant :: Mordant (a.) Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

Random Fonts

Most Popular