c acid
back breaker
battery-acid
dose dot
Elvis
loony toons
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
pane superman
window pane
Zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
aspirin
acetylsalicylic acid
Bayer
Empirin
St. Joseph | the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid, used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form, used as an antipyretic, slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets |
barbital
veronal
barbitone
diethylbarbituric acid
diethylmalonylurea | a barbiturate used as a hypnotic |
ethacrynic acid
Edecrin | diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema |
ibuprofen
isobutylphenyl propionic acid
Advil
Motrin
Nuprin | a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic, daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach |
K
jet super acid
special K
honey oil
green
cat valium
super C | street names for ketamine |
lead-acid battery
lead-acid accumulator | a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte, each cell generates about volts |
lysergic acid diethylamide
LSD | a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid |
mefenamic acid
Ponstel | a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug (trade name Ponstel) used to treat mild pain (especially menstrual cramps) |
nalidixic acid
NegGram | antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections |
valproic acid
Depokene | anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures |
gastric juice
gastric acid | digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase |
| acid test | a rigorous or crucial appraisal |
psychedelic rock
acid rock | a musical style that emerged in the s, rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience |
| acid head | someone who takes LSD |
acid-base equilibrium
acid-base balance | (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body, with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline |
Krebs cycle
Krebs citric acid cycle
citric acid cycle
tricarboxylic acid cycle | in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy |
| acid value | (chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize it, as the glycerides in fat slowly decompose the acid value increases |
acid rain
acid precipitation | rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water |
alkapton
alcapton
homogentisic acid | an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine |
| domoic acid | a neurotoxin that is deadly for humans, found in various marine algae |
acetic acid
ethanoic acid | a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals |
amino acid
aminoalkanoic acid | organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group, proteins are composed of various proportions of aboutcommon amino acids |
| aspartic acid | a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and occurring naturally in sugar beets and sugar cane |
| essential amino acid | an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize, must be supplied in the diet |
gamma aminobutyric acid
GABA | an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system, acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter |
glutamic acid
glutaminic acid | an amino acid occurring in proteins, important in the nitrogen metabolism of plants, used in monosodium glutamate to enhance the flavor of meats |
| iodoamino acid | an amino acid with iodine added |
| 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 |
| acid-base indicator | an indicator that changes color on going from acidic to basic solutions |
| alpha-linolenic acid | a polyunsaturated fatty acid with carbon atoms, the only omega- fatty acid found in vegetable products, it is most abundant in canola oil, a fatty acid essential for nutrition |
| arsenic acid | an acid formed from arsenic pentoxide |
cerotic acid
hexacosanoic acid | a white solid fatty acid found in waxes (such as beeswax) |
| chloric acid | (HClO) a strong unstable acid with an acrid odor found in chlorate salts |
| chlorous acid | (HClO) a strongly oxidizing acid, known only in solution |
| monobasic acid | an acid containing only one replaceable hydrogen atom per molecule |
| dibasic acid | an acid containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule |
| tribasic acid | an acid containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule |
| tetrabasic acid | an acid containing four replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule |
| fulminic acid | (CNOH) an unstable acid occurring mainly in the form of explosive salts and esters that is isomeric with cyanic acid |
| gamma acid | a crystalline acid used to make azo dyes |
hexanedioic acid
adipic acid | a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon |
hydrazoic acid
azoimide
hydrogen azide
HN | a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling |
| hydriodic acid | (HI) a colorless or yellow aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide, hydriodic acid is a strong acid |
hydrocyanic acid
prussic acid | a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water, weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds |
| hydroxy acid | any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself |
| hydroxybenzoic acid | a crystalline derivative of benzoic acid |
| hyponitrous acid | an explosive white crystalline weak acid (HNO) |
| hypophosphoric acid | a crystalline tetrabasic acid (HPO) |
hypophosphorous acid
phosphorous acid
orthophosphorous acid | a clear or yellow monobasic acid (HPO) |