The acridity of alkali. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This variety is named oethusa, because of its acridity, from the. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Their acridity is owing to an oleaginous substance called capsicin. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Why do these intensely acrid, aroid plants lose their acridity on being heated?. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
The acridity of it bit at Brashen's eyes and throat but he tried not to show it. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
In these the acridity was in every instance proportional to the number of crystals. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
This was obtained by boiling or baking the roots, and thus dispelling their acridity. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
When the acridity of the former is perceived the sensation is more prickling than acrid. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
Despite ventilator grilles, the air kept a faint acridity, smells of what happened here. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Also Fire]
It was dissipated both by heating and drying, and by this means the acridity is destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
The question of the absence of acridity in the other two plants still remained to be settled. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891] Reference
Heating and drying the bulbs dissipates the volatiles principle, and the acridity is destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891] Reference
A burning acridity of taste is the common characteristic of the several varieties of the Buttercup. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
An examination showed it to be entirely free from raphides, and it had lost every trace of its acridity. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
The filtered ether was clear, entirely free from raphides, and had also lost every trace of its acridity. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891] Reference
A natural conclusion from this test was that the acridity might come from some principle soluble in ether. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
The native mode of preparing the oil is by roasting the seed; this imparts an acridity to the oil, which is objectionable. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Piemur loved the storerooms, redolent with the smell of well-cured hides and the eye-smarting acridity of newly dyed fabrics. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon Drums]
There is an acridity or pungency both in cold things, as vinegar and oil of vitriol, and in hot, as oil of marjoram and the like. From Wordnik.com. [The New Organon] Reference
Probably because of its acridity and its ability to blister the skin when much handled, rue has been chosen by poets to express disdain. From Wordnik.com. [Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses] Reference
Then Mr. Kantor gave vent in acridity of word and feature. From Wordnik.com. [Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It] Reference
Then, turning to Magnus, excused himself for the acridity of his words. From Wordnik.com. [The Octopus : A story of California] Reference
I say it in anger, and my voice has a certain amount of acridity in it. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Intervenes] Reference
Notwithstanding its acridity, a wholesome starch is prepared from the stem. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
They are acrid, but lose their acridity when boiled, the water being changed. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
Besides, the German wines in themselves have other qualities than that of acridity. From Wordnik.com. [The Parisians — Complete] Reference
The bacon was overcooked to the point of acridity and was unevenly strewn over the patty. From Wordnik.com. [Serious Eats: New York] Reference
Imagine the succession of disasters that had soured her and transformed seriousness into harshness and acridity!. From Wordnik.com. [Clayhanger] Reference
The word came very hard, but in his acridity he felt like not sparing himself; he wanted to get accustomed to the full obloquy. From Wordnik.com. [Thoroughbreds] Reference
Thomas Nash will himself hardly escape the charge of acridity, but only injustice or want of discernment will call him a quack. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Elizabethan Literature] Reference
North, that was led by Burke, whose spectacled acridity was swollen with the blowing of a trumpet from which depended a map of India. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)] Reference
After it is freed from acridity by baking, the kalo is pounded until reduced to a kind of paste which is eaten cold, under the name of poi. From Wordnik.com. [Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands] Reference
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