Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Arsenical   Listen
Arsenical

noun
1.
A pesticide or drug containing arsenic.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Arsenical" Quotes from Famous Books



... too thick to be preserved by means of arsenical soap, should be rubbed whith salt. The skin of the animal should be stretched, covered carefully with salt within and without, and when, after several days it is sufficiently saturated, it should be folded with the epiderm inside, and put in a box, or simply wrapped in cloth, ...
— Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 • Various
... arsenic, orpiment and realgar, are formed both as primary minerals of igneous source and as secondary products of weathering. They are rather characteristic of the oxide zones of certain arsenical metallic ores, and are believed in many cases to have formed from arsenopyrite. They are mined on ...
— The Economic Aspect of Geology • C. K. Leith


Words linked to "Arsenical" :   drug, pesticide, arsenic


Copyright © 2025 Dictionary One.com