Usually means: Strong, corrosive, oxidizing mineral acid.
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  1. nitric acid: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nitric acid: Merriam-Webster
  3. nitric acid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nitric acid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nitric acid: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nitric acid: Vocabulary.com
  7. nitric acid: Wordnik
  8. nitric acid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nitric acid: Wiktionary
  10. nitric acid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nitric acid: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. nitric acid: Dictionary.com
  13. Nitric Acid, Nitric acid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. nitric acid: Rhymezone
  15. nitric acid: FreeDictionary.org
  16. nitric acid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. nitric acid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nitric acid: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nitric acid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. nitric acid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. nitric acid: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. nitric acid: Medical dictionary
  7. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  8. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
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  3. Explosives (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nitric acid)

noun:  (inorganic chemistry) A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO₃; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis.

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