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formic acid

noun /fɔrmɪkæsɪd/ 3 syllables 11 letters Scrabble 20 WWF 23
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noun

a colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam; used in finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of insecticides and fumigants

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