Caustic
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DRY
A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

LYE
A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide

4 letters

TART
Harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"

ACID
Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

5 letters

SNIDE
Expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

BORAX
An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent

ACRID
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"

SHARP
Quick and forceful; "a sharp blow"

ACERB
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"

HARSH
Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"

6 letters

BITING
Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

IRONIC
Humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"

ACIDIC
Being sour to the taste

BITTER
The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

7 letters

MORDANT
A substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

EROSIVE
Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

ACERBIC
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"

ERODENT

PUNGENT

MORDANT

PIQUANT

VIOLENT

BURNING

STEWING

CUTTING
The act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"

8 letters

SCATHING
Marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

VIRULENT
Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

9 letters

VITRIOLIC
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"

CORROSIVE
A substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)

CORRODENT

SULFUROUS
Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

10 letters

SULPHUROUS
Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

ASTRINGENT
A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals

BLISTERING
The formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin