Crossword clues for acridity
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acridity \A*crid"i*ty\, Acridness \Ac"rid*ness\n. The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; extreme bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
Syn: acridness
2. having an acrid smell.
Syn: pungency
Wiktionary
n. 1 bitterness or acerbity 2 An acrid taste or smell.
WordNet
Usage examples of "acridity".
A burning acridity of taste is the common characteristic of the several varieties of the Buttercup.
The acridity of its oil is modified in the seeds by combination with another fixed oil of a bland nature which can be readily separated by pressure, then the cake left after the expression of this fixed oil is far more pungent than the seeds.
An incense stick burned, but of course I could only smell the manifold acridities of my own confined flesh.
The smell--crisp, pungent new leather spiced with the acridity of vulcanized rubber seams--brought back memories of the new balls we Fish Hawks were handed on game days at Columbia High as we burst out of the locker room led by Konopski and Basch, the co-captains dazzled by the bright lights and cheers of the packed bandbox gym.