Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun aqua_fortis

1 sense of aqua fortis

Sense 1
nitric acid, aqua fortis -- (acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels)
       => 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)