caustic

caustic has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. Alt. of Caustical
• a.. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
• a.. A caustic curve or caustic surface.
• n.. any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
• a.. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
• a.. harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"