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AQUA REGIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)
Synonyms:
aqua regia; nitrohydrochloric acid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aqua regia" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
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