acetous

Definition of the adjective acetous

What does acetous mean as an attribute of a noun?

adjective

1. tasting or smelling like vinegar
   • alternative spelling: acetose
   • synonyms of acetous: vinegarish / vinegary
   • similar: sour

Alternative definition of the adjective acetous

adjective

1. Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
2. Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, 'acetous' fermentation.

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An Encyclopaedia of Domestic Economy (1844)

Comprising Such Subjects as are Most Immediately Connected with Housekeeping ... by Thomas Webster, Mrs. William Parkes

The acetous, like the rinous, fermentation, requires a peculiar ferment; and this is supposed not to be very different from the vinous ferment, although its nature is very imperfectly understood : it would seem likewise to be some modification of ...

A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences (1854)

by Henry Watts

ACETOUS FERMENTATION. the solid product and deposits it again in crystals on cooling. When purified by recrys- tallisation, it resembles commercial sulphate of quinine; is insoluble in water; is not .decomposed by potassa in its aqueous or ...

The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical. By J. C. Booth ... assisted by C. Morfit (1853)

ACETOUS FERMENTATION. the solid product and deposits it again in crystals on cooling. When purified by recrystallisation, it resembles commercial sulphate of quinine; is insoluble in water; is not decomposed by potassa in its aqueous or ...

The Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Manufactures ... (1856)

Embracing in All Nearly Three Thousand Articles on Arts and Sciences by James Smith (author of the Panorama of science and art.)

During the acetous fermentation, the alcohol imbibes oxy-" gen, to a degree that converts into an acid; and if the liquor which has undergone this process be distilled-, pure vinegar, instead of ardent spirit, comes over. Simple mucilage will pass ...

Lexicon Medicum, Or, Medical Dictionary (1848)

Containing an Explanation of the Terms in Anatomy, Human and Comparative, Botany, Chemistry, Forensic Medicine, Materia Medica, Obstetrics, Pharmacy, Physiology, Practice of Physic, Surgery, Toxicology, and the Different Branches of Natural Sciences Connected with Medicine, Together with a Variety of Information on All These Subjects by Robert Hooper

See Acetous acid. ACETO'METER. An instrument for estimating the strength of vinegars. In the acetometer invented by Messrs. J. and P. Taylor, which has been adopted by the Excise, for determining the rate of duty on vinegar, hydrate of lime ...

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Scrabble value of A₁C₃E₁T₁O₁U₁S₁

The value of this 7-letter word is 9 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

Anagrams of ACETOUS

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• ACOETUS
• ACTUOSE
• CATOUSE
• CAUSE TO
• OUTCASE
• T.E. SAUCO

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