Salicylic is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SALICYLIC in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a bitter compound present in certain plants. It is used as a fungicide and in the manufacture of aspirin and dyestuffs.
ADJECTIVE:
• as in salicylic acid, a bitter-tasting derivative of phenol that is used in making aspirin and dyes and as a fungicide
• Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.
• white crystalline substance with a sweet taste and a bitter aftertaste
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• salicylic acidwhite crystalline substance with a sweet taste and a bitter aftertaste

Words that contain SALICYLIC

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How to use SALICYLIC in a sentence

• Benzoate of soda, and salicylic acid are the chemicals most widely employed for this purpose, with coal-tar dyes to simulate the natural color of the fruit.
• Quite as much to be condemned is the more modern process of keeping fruit by adding to it some preserving agent, like salicylic acid or other chemicals.
• Salicylic acid holds the preference over other drugs of this class, because it imparts no unpleasant flavor to the fruit.

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