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

1 sense of nitric acid

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)