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Acetose

Sour like vinegar; acetous.

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Sour 84% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

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Sour 84% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

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Acetous 92% connected

Having a sour taste; sour; acid.

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Vinegary 92% connected

Having the nature of vinegar; sour; unamiable.

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Acescency noun · 78% connection

The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.

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Acescent adjective · 78% connection

Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.

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Acetabulum noun · 78% connection

A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.

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Acetic adjective · 78% connection

Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

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Acetification noun · 78% connection

The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

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Acetify verb · 78% connection

To convert into acid or vinegar.

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Acetimeter noun · 78% connection

An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.

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Acetimetry noun · 78% connection

The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it.

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Acetosity noun · 78% connection

The quality of being acetous; sourness.

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Acid adjective · 78% connection

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.

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Acidulate verb · 78% connection

To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.

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Alegar noun · 78% connection

Sour ale; vinegar made of ale.

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Caned adjective · 78% connection

Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother.

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Cider noun · 78% connection

The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

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Coerulignone noun · 78% connection

A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivat…

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Cruet noun · 78% connection

A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.

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Eel noun · 78% connection

An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel i…

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Eisel noun · 78% connection

Vinegar; verjuice.

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