Phrase Hound found 357 phrases and 35 compound words that contain acids. The most common are listed below. Open acids in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 357
- amino acidsplural of amino acid: Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
- fatty acidsplural of fatty acid: Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found …
- nucleic acidsplural of nucleic acid: Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of …
- essential fatty acidsplural of essential fatty acid: any fatty acid required for human metabolism that cannot be synthesized by the body and must be present in the diet; originally designated as vitamin F
- essential amino acidsplural of essential amino acid: One of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.
- polyunsaturated fatty acidsplural of polyunsaturated fatty acid: A fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid, that contains two or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds
- Lewis acidsplural of Lewis acid: Any electrophilic compound that can accept a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond.
- mineral acidsplural of mineral acid: Any inorganic acid, especially common acids such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid etc.
- organic acidsplural of organic acid: A type of chemical compound characterized by the presence of a carboxyl group.
- sugar acidsplural of sugar acid: A carboxylic acid formed by oxidation of a sugar
- resin acidsplural of resin acid: Any of many terpenoid acids produced by the resin ducts of conifers.
- alpha-amino acidsplural of alpha-amino acid: Any amino acid that has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to the same carbon atom; especially those amino acids that occur naturally as peptides and proteins.
- bile acidsplural of bile acid: any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsification and …
- free fatty acidsplural of free fatty acid: A non-esterified fatty acid.
- trans fatty acidsplural of trans fatty acid: An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation.
- conjugate acidsplural of conjugate acid: Any compound, of general formula HXⁿ⁺, which can be transformed into a conjugate base X⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾⁺ by the loss of a proton.
- hydroxy acidsplural of hydroxy acid: a carboxylic acid that also contains a hydroxy group
- saturated fatty acidsplural of saturated fatty acid: A fatty acid, such as stearic acid, that contains no carbon to carbon double bonds.
- peptide nucleic acidsplural of peptide nucleic acid: A synthetic organic polymer similar to DNA or RNA; the sugar backbone of nucleic acids is replaced by N-(2-aminoethyl)-glycine linked through peptide bonds - considered a possible precursor to RNA
- acetic acidsplural of acetic acid: A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component …
- spherical nucleic acidsplural of spherical nucleic acid: A spheroidal compound composed of a central spherical scaffold upon which nucleic acid strands are attached, like hair on a ball.
- sulfuric acidsplural of sulfuric acid: A transparent, oily liquid, formula H₂SO₄, that is a strong acid with many industrial applications.
- carboxylic acidsplural of carboxylic acid: Any of a class of organic compounds containing a carboxyl functional group.
- keto acidsplural of keto acid: Any carboxylic acid that also contains a ketone (carbonyl) group
- alpha-hydroxy acidsplural of alpha-hydroxy acid: Any hydroxy acid, of general formula RCH(OH)COOH, used in the cosmetic industry for their supposed property of reducing wrinkles.
Compound words 35
- antacidsplural of antacid: An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach.
- aminoacidsplural of aminoacid: Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
- ketoacidsplural of ketoacid: Any carboxylic acid that also contains a ketone (carbonyl) group
- acidstableAlternative form of acidostable: Chemically stable in the presence of acid
- antiacidsplural of antiacid: Antacid.
- Arsacidsplural of Arsacid: Of or pertaining to the Parthian dynasty established by Arsaces I which ruled the Parthian Empire during 247 BC – 224 AD, Armenia during 54–428, as well as Iberia and Caucasian Albania
- astacidsplural of astacid: Any of the crayfish in the family Astacidae
- atracidsplural of atracid: Any of the venomous Australian mygalomorph spiders of the family Atracidae; a funnel-web spider.
- aulacidsplural of aulacid: Any member of the family Aulacidae of wasps.
- canacidsplural of canacid: Any fly of the family Canacidae.