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

1 sense of picric acid

Sense 1
picric acid -- (a yellow toxic highly explosive strong acid; used in high explosives and as a dye and in chemical reactions)
       => 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)