English dictionary: words starting with acri

Meanings of Acrid:

adjective

Unpleasantly bitter or pungent.

Usage examples:

Acrid smoke

Meanings of Acridian:

noun

A locust or grasshopper; specifically one of the family acrididae.

adjective

Designating grasshoppers and locusts, specifically those of the family acrididae; of or relating to this family.

Meanings of Acridid:

noun

An orthopteran insect of the family acrididae, which includes locusts and typical (short-horned) grasshoppers.

adjective

Designating orthopteran insects of the family acrididae; of or relating to these insects.

Meanings of Acridine:

noun

A colourless solid compound obtained from coal tar, used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs.

Usage examples:

Radiation from nuclear bombs and gaseous particles from nitrogen mustard and acridine orange have b…

Meanings of Acridness:

noun

The quality of being acrid; acridity.

Meanings of Acridone:

noun

A crystalline heterocyclic compound which forms the basis of various biologically and pharmacologically active substances.

Meanings of Acriflavin:

noun

A bright orange-red dye derived from acridine, used as an antiseptic.

Usage examples:

Compared with cytotoxic photoprotectants like herberine, palmatine and acriflavine, the anionic dye…

Meanings of Acriflavine:

noun

A bright orange-red dye derived from acridine, used as an antiseptic.

Usage examples:

Compared with cytotoxic photoprotectants like herberine, palmatine and acriflavine, the anionic dye…

Meanings of Acrimonious:

adjective

(typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter.

Usage examples:

An acrimonious dispute about wages

Meanings of Acrimoniously:

adverb

In a way that is full of anger, arguments, and bad feeling

Usage examples:

In 2012 he separated acrimoniously from his wife., the group acrimoniously disbanded in the mid-80s.

Meanings of Acrimoniousness:

noun

The quality or habit of being acrimonious.

Meanings of Acrimony:

noun

Bitterness or ill feeling.

Usage examples:

The agm dissolved into acrimony

Meanings of Acrita:

noun

With plural agreement. a former major grouping of the animal kingdom including invertebrates with no distinct nervous system.

Meanings of Acritical:

adjective

Not involving or applying critical judgement; uncritical.

Meanings of Acritude:

noun

Acridity.