Pages

Friday, August 28, 2009

Word of the day 25

vit⋅ri⋅ol [vi-tree-uhl]

–noun
1.Chemistry. any of certain metallic sulfates of glassy appearance, as copper sulfate or blue vitriol, iron sulfate or green vitriol, zinc sulfate or white vitriol, etc.
2.oil of vitriol; sulfuric acid.
3.something highly caustic or severe in effect, as criticism.

1 comment:

  1. I am Siesta and I cant use that in a sentence. That is all

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.