That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things. From LearnThat.org.
Vitriol is what we call a caustic-a liquid that burns. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
Breathing in caustic products may cause irritation of the nose, throat, airways, and stomach. From Wordnik.com. [Caustics] Reference
Both quick lime and hydrated lime are known as caustic lime. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life,] Reference
Sssoffft. Potassium Hydroxide Also known as caustic potash or lye. From Wordnik.com. [What's Inside Ultra-Strength Bengay?] Reference
The toxic form is caused by irritating poisons, such as caustic acids, alkalies and meat brine. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The smallest wore drab gray, blotched white as if from spills from some kind of caustic or acetic. From Wordnik.com. [Colors of Chaos]
I have found no kind of caustic so manageable as the lunar caustic; and this is best applied in the solid form. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers] Reference
It made a very satisfactory sound and was just as good as the kind of caustic remark she was sure Sadie would have made to him. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Named Rose]
It is extracted with water, which dissolves out the carbonate of sodium, which is sold as such or worked into "caustic" soda, as may be required. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887] Reference
Not surprisingly, I do not dare give voice to this thought, knowing the kind of caustic responses it would generate. From Wordnik.com. [DesiPundit] Reference
Marjorie Dannenfelser, the head of the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life women's group, also took strong exception to Biden's "caustic" comments. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
And then to cut short a conversation in which Phellion began to think the mayor rather "caustic," he made as if he intended to take leave of him. From Wordnik.com. [The Lesser Bourgeoisie] Reference
1 - to 3-percent solution of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, sometimes referred to as caustic potash. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses] Reference
To NEWSWEEK, Cheney was combative and a bit caustic. From Wordnik.com. [Right From The Start] Reference
"" He's almost as caustic and ornery as he ever was. ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet Lariat] Reference
Reporters are no longer stilled by Ari Fleischer's caustic comebacks. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Bush Finds He's No Longer Boss Cousin] Reference
But the momentum was lost with his follow-up record, the raw and caustic "Animal Rights.". From Wordnik.com. [Great White Male] Reference
Ventura developed a caustic rivalry with Hulk Hogan, whom Ventura accuses of stealing his moves. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Ventura's 'Body' Politics] Reference
Clinton won the Nevada caucuses, beating Obama 51-45 percent in a hard-fought and sometimes caustic contest. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton's Wager Pays Off] Reference
That was the way the president was, charming and funny sometimes, but also caustic and petulant and impatient. From Wordnik.com. [TALKING THE TALK] Reference
"" With all that is in me, '' the First Lady of Country wrote to the First Lady-to-be, "" I resent your caustic remark. From Wordnik.com. [First Lady Of Nashville] Reference
They recalled that he had been particularly caustic, almost brutal, toward Mitt Romney during the primary debates in January. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Debates] Reference
But there are plenty of insightful - and caustic - critiques on everything from a film's poor plot to a character's bad coif. From Wordnik.com. [Grrls Town] Reference
From material so grim Shakespeare might have tossed it aside in disbelief, See has fashioned a caustic but often hilarious tale. From Wordnik.com. [One Big Unhappy Family] Reference
Nonetheless, ethnicity underscores their different perspectives on the era's most caustic issue: Taiwan's relationship with China. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping China Quiet] Reference
Neighborhood residents helped to make these, inserting laminated family photos, heirlooms, even caustic comments about the overpass. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix On The Rise] Reference
Yet in the 2006 midterms — held after a caustic immigration debate in Congress — GOP candidates got only 30 percent of that vote. From Wordnik.com. [A Xenophobic Zeitgeist] Reference
"If Powell runs against the president," says the normally caustic Carville, "I'm going to have a hard time thinking of something nasty.". From Wordnik.com. [A Powell Scenario] Reference
Left without duties when Nussbaum quit the White House, Tripp spent much of the day polishing her resume and sending out caustic e-mail. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton And The Intern] Reference
He's even credibly cold on Dylan's caustic "What Was It You Wanted" - hard as it is to believe Willie Nelson could have a mean bone in his body. From Wordnik.com. [Red Headed Survivor] Reference
Their sibling rivalry, now public after months of whispering, adds a caustic new variable to the unfolding nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula. From Wordnik.com. [Heirs To The Kingdom] Reference
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