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Picric acid

noun
1.
A yellow toxic highly explosive strong acid; used in high explosives and as a dye and in chemical reactions.





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... face is easily altered," said Kennedy. "A little picric acid will do that. The ingenious rogue Sarcey in Paris eluded the police very successfully until Dr. Charcot exposed him and showed how he changed the arch of his eyebrows and the wrinkles of his face. Much is possible to-day that would make Frankenstein and Dr. Moreau ...
— The Poisoned Pen • Arthur B. Reeve


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