Styphnic is a 8 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter C for which we found 1 definitions.
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(a.) Pertaining to or designating a yellow crystalline astringent acid (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2 obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid having a series of well defined salts. |