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NITROHYDROCHLORIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrohydrochloric acid mean?
• NITROHYDROCHLORIC ACID (noun)
The noun NITROHYDROCHLORIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)
Familiarity information: NITROHYDROCHLORIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NITROHYDROCHLORIC ACID (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
aqua regia; nitrohydrochloric acid
Hypernyms ("nitrohydrochloric acid" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
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